It is important to restate no advanced society can exist without money . These have all been favorable keys to America's wealth and prosperity. First, is a system of government and freedoms that have promoted the entrepreneurial spirit of labor. Second, America is a land of vast resources. Third, are the efficient capital markets that have provided money so that labor and resources can work together.
Money does have unusual differences with the other two.
It is an invention of man and there is a central organization dedicated to its creation. The only reason money is worth anything at all is because it is scarce, and because people have faith that others will accept their money for things they want to buy. Its value does not come from what it is made of. In some cases, even things we think of as being valuable may have no value at all. I remember hearing N. Eldon Tanner tell of a dream he had.