"
Stimulus" is slang for a
sordid economic
nostrum administered on the advice of
bankers and academics, many of them carrying the title of "Dr.". But don't mistake these "Doctors" for devotees of the
Hippocratic Oath. "Stimulus" or economic
crank, like any other economic
panacea, is a fake cure that gives its victims a temporary but false sense of well-being, even as it sets about causing long term damage to users and the economic community at large. The
opium of the economists know as "
stimulus" acts directly on bread winners and investors by misdirecting them into production plans and consumption levels which cannot be successfully coordinated or sustained across time. As a consequence, the "high" of this political drug lasts for only a few months, often followed by a depressing "crash" period, which cannot be avoided without further and ever increasing quantities of "stimulus". The drug received its proper name "crank" because it was most often
smuggled into policy debates by monetary
cranks, the most famous of whom was
John Maynard Keynes.
"Stimulus" is taken by
fiscal injection, monetarily (directly snorted by banks and borrowers), and through the consumption of pork. A common misconception among politicians and the public is that some administration methods are safer than others, while in reality all act on the economy the same exact way. Economic "crank" damages the coordinative function of prices across the structure of production and consumption, which cause naturally occurring price signals -- e.g. interest rates,
stock prices, etc. -- to be ineffective. Because price signals are responsible for facilitating the coordination of production plans and consumption choices, withdrawal from sustained periods of artificial "stimulation" is extremely painful to economic actors and the economy system, with businesses and households
thrown back into economic reality after having functioned for a time in a circus mirror, government-altered state without any naturally produced and undistorted relative prices to guide their plans.
"Stimulus" withdrawal is said to be one of the most painful experiences an economy can endure, and users of economic "crank" should consider other safer ways to buy the support of voters.
"Helicopter"
Ben Bernanke wants to stimulate the US economy so Starbucks wanna be hipsters can keep their habit and still fill up their SUV.
Chinese use to
export opium stimulus, but now they export monetary stimulus.
