nostr:npub1vwymuey3u7mf860ndrkw3r7dz30s0srg6tqmhtjzg7umtm6rn5eq2qzugd makes an excellent case for value for value. In Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged novel. One of the protagonists gives a speech on money. Keep in mind she's refering to money in the spirit of sound money not fiat currency.

Money is a tool of exchange, which can’t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. --Ayn Rand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9HbQsTgrtk&pp=ygUWd2hhdCBpcyBtb25leSBheW4gcmFuZA%3D%3D Full Speach read by Robert Breedlove