An honest money system is the only alternative. Thus, creation means making something that did not exist before. A sawmill makes boards, workers build houses from timber, a glass-blower makes fancy glass ornaments. Pieces of worthless paper are printed, given various denominational values, which can be used to purchase, for example, a glass ornament. The proper use, distribution and supply of money is of vital importance to the efficient running of society.
Modern societies are completely reliant on an adequate supply of money.
Without money, industry would grind to a halt, farms would become mere self-sustaining units, surplus food would disappear, jobs requiring one or more workers would remain unfinished, transport of all goods would cease, hungry populations would kill and steal to stay alive, and government would collapse leading to complete anarchy. It is not hard to imagine the catastrophic conditions created if money was to completely vanish. We need only recall Australia's Great Depression of the 1930s. In 1930, Australia did not lack industrial capacity, fertile farmland, or skilled, industrious and willing workers, residing in both the city and country. Already, extensive systems of reasonably efficient transport and communications were in place.