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.
Even though we cannot see it, bitcoin does help the economy somehow in different ways. The fees we are paying to the bank or the wallet we are using asks us some extra payment which ends up to the government's hand for the economy's betterment. Bitcoin has always been helping the economy secretely and we should all appreciate that.