Do word puzzles help the economy?

The Indianapolis Business Journal is supposed to keep us informed on the comings and goings of Indiana businesses
and inspire us with great info on how to run ours better. This putting in puzzles [in Mickey Maurer’s Sept. 7 column]
that (for those of us not very good with the English language) take a long time away from productive work to complete,
or try to complete, is very counter-productive to the gross national product of central Indiana. Just thought you should know. 

Daniel Moyer