Money's weird. it isn't really worth anything now since leaving the Gold Standard - isn't that right? Even with that the value of gold is really only a perceived thing.
It's just a big network of promises now that makes everything work. But it's all in our heads ultimately.
I've always meant to read Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations - it's another volume mocking me from the bookshelf.
And when you get to the level of trillions it becomes even more meaningless. The biggest sin around is meaningless 3rd world debt surely? No doubt plenty of people have their cruisers and other toys based on the promise of that being paid back. Madness.
I suppose it all comes down to measuring the value of labour. But that's the trick isn't it?