Money is more than one thing. It's a "tool", currency for exchange, but also a store of value, a unit of accounting, etc. etc. A few hundred dollar notes in y

Money is more than one thing. It's a "tool", currency for exchange, but also a store of value, a unit of accounting, etc. etc. A few hundred dollar notes in your wallet is a tool you can use to buy food and pay rent for a while. A company worth a few million is a measure of the impact, value to customers, net present value of future income/cashflows, etc.