Until the authorities apply taxes more broadly and start collecting them, foreign financial assistance will serve only to tide Pakistan over until the next crisis.
"I don't want to be a consumer electronics company and start selling big-screen TVs, but we are looking broadly, " Staples Chief Executive Ronald Sargent said.
What this chart shows is that the various parts of the economy grew at broadly similar rates for most of the first years of the 21st Century, but since the start of the crisis they've sharply diverged.