Freakonomics... how many people die if we crash the economy even further? Suicides, crime from desperate people? Other illnesses ignored? You have a very valid point. Very valid.
I think the point you make is that this can only last for a sort duration.
Too long a wait to fire up the economy and they will create a Pyrrhic Victory economy-wise.
Kind of a Heads YOU LOSE.. Tails YOU LOSE!
A Pyrrhic victory is a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. Someone who wins a Pyrrhic victory has also taken a heavy toll that negates any true sense of achievement or damages long-term progress