Bob Dylan Sugar Baby

am i the only person on the planet who thinks that the economic crisis may have some positive consequences? for the last 10 years we have been berated for consuming too much, but now our leader's only response to the crisis seems to be "how can we restore demand to previous levels".
If we move into slump there is an opportunity to redistribute wealth and make the rich of the world live on less. history suggests that this process would be painful, so our leaders will avoid such a course of action and they will take whatever steps necessary to get Western economies back on the merry go round that we just dropped off