Why Shouldn't it :-P (Score 2, Interesting)

Harry Harrison makes exacly this argument in his Stainless Steel Rat series. As long as no-one gets physically hurt, the banks pass on the loss to their insurers, the police have what to do, the media what to report, the general public is entertained and the money is put back into circulation. So in theory, "everybody benefits".

Of course, real-life doesn't work like that. Just look how every little imaginery threat is currently used by the PTBs to further clamp down on the innocent general public.