PositiveThe New York Journal of BooksKaufman draws on a rich knowledge of other cultures and non-Western history. He illustrates our own allegories with foreign and ancient myths, and he explores archeological finds with the insights of our own allegories ... Kaufman’s novel approach is a delight to read. If he at times lacks a very complex facility with modern finance, it detracts little from the points he tries to make. Still, at times a reader might wish for the linearity of social sciences, where causation is in one direction between independent and dependent variables. If money is a story that is a part and parcel of our culture, then one would expect other cultures to tell stories that are substantially different in meaning ... blends the two directions of causation almost seamlessly ... Kaufman’s approach is insightful and original. And perhaps a bit more rigor in formalizing his approach will take us even further.