&gt; The real cure for a sluggish economy is a large-scale, man-fought war (barring any kind of nuclear event). War simultaneously boosts demand as the government ramps up spend across a bevy of sectors (industrial, aerospace, medical, food, science, tech) and the labor force decreases for obvious reasons.<p>The government spends as much as they can on all those things because people believe their very existence is at stake. Too bad we can&#x27;t find that sense of urgency any other way.