Money certainly has it's drawbacks, but it does not have any kind of central authority that values it. It's the most distributed system there is. > Just a lot

Money certainly has it's drawbacks, but it does not have any kind of central authority that values it. It's the most distributed system there is. > Just a lot of people don’t like that system much Any other system would be more centralized, and even more open to abuse. As they say: "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others." It's the same with money. > places little value on childcare, elder care and teaching Those things have a completely different problem: Those benefiting from them are not those paying for them.