The power of money is in its ability to purchase therefore what we purchase with it matters a great lot like you have conclusively sumerized.
But then, is it ever possible that we would have a society that is more concerned about the actual financial health of it's citizens?
I am not sure if society will ever get there, unless we take it there. I think it isn't just financial health though, it has to be actual health where the way to make money, comes from doing what makes us better as a society.
It is like the argument for how expensive "being green" is - it is an economy - price doesn't actually matter. What does suffer though, is that traditional energy sources will lose power and income and, they hold that power and wield it so they don't.
I am not getting into the conversation of whether "green" is actually good as it is today, but clean energy is good, if we can have it.
I quite comprehend..
Thank you @tarazkp