2 Metaphors for spending

Yet seemed it, as to sleep I turned, Pausing a little while to pray, That not mis-spent had been the day; That I had somehow wisdom learned From those wild waters in the bay, And from the fire as it burned; And that the rain, in some strange way, Had words of high import to say; And that the wind, with fitful cry, Did some immortal message try, Striving to make some meaning clear Important for my soul to hear.

By this measure, real spending and the real economy are a tiny and secondary function of money: the dog is being wagged by its tail.

2 Metaphors for  spending