While I very much agree with you on creating more independent economies (I hope I understood that correctly), I disagree on one thing:
[...] and there should be incentives to boost consumption [...]
I'm always hoping that the whole consumption thing will finally be revised, as especially in the EU so much is way above the necessary, and even way beyond the pleasant. People already have so much, less value so little of it. And taking into account the current state of the planet, a global recession might not be the worst thing, either. With less sales, there's less money, with less money, people have to reconsider what they actually need and what they want. But I'm a dreamer, they probably won't reconsider anything, but just blame everyone else for what's happening to them. Nevermind.