&quot;When it is patently obvious that &#x27;stimulating demand&#x27; by giving someone money can&#x27;t possibly grow wealth&quot;<p>But this is not the claim. The claim is somebody trying to buy something with money create demand. We all agree that money is different of real wealth.<p>Even in an alleged two persons barter economy I could buy from you with a promise of something in the future. If the promise is good enough you could even start producing more.<p>And this is not even the correct framework, because what we are talking are systemic problems in modern economies that don&#x27;t map well to hypothetical two persons barter economies.