Money certainly has it's drawbacks, but it does not have any kind of central authority that values it. It's the most distributed system there is.

> Just a lot of people don’t like that system much

Any other system would be more centralized, and even more open to abuse.

As they say: "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others."

It's the same with money.

> places little value on childcare, elder care and teaching

Those things have a completely different problem: Those benefiting from them are not those paying for them.