... So you have to eat. You have to have a place over your head. You can delay the fixing of a problem on your car or some maintenance, but eventually your stupid not to spend on it if you have the money. ...
Well thats the crux of it: lack of money = lack of expenditure to meet demand; therefore stimulate system by getting money out there.
Stagnant economies also have risks.
Maybe yes, maybe no. I see why that is an attractive conclusion from models created in an econ class, but it seems to me that in the real world it is less clear cut. Depends on where the capital is drawn from and how it is deployed.
