About money, it should be remembered that it was conceived long ago solely to facilitate the exchange of goods, and as a way for market actors to measure the value of investments.
The percentage depletion deduction was conceived in 1932 based on the accepted corporate tax principle that business taxes should be reduced in scale as the value of company equipment, structures and other assets diminish over time.
The Abraham Path may have been conceivedas a modern re-creation of one prophet's journey, but it can also be seen as a pilgrimage into the earliest glimmers of civilisation.