I think Bitcoin is helpful to the economy because it helps the people, may they be employed or unemployed. It helps the people to be productive especially on their vacant times or when they are not working. Bitcoin is getting a lot if attention in many countriesnow because it really helps the people.
Maybe we are not noticing it that much but I think bitcoin helps the economy somehow. We should know that as soon as a person get rich, he would probably buy some expensive stuffs wherein those stuffs are taxed by the government and the tax will be going to the country's benefit. Another thing too is that bounty hunters often get their money that they've earned from bitcoin from the banks which is under the government and will end up adding up some help to the economy too.