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Pakistan’s quarter-century Ponzi scheme, and the exit that has no architecture
Pakistan has sustained a Ponzi finance system for 25 years by borrowing to pay interest on debt, with debt-to-GDP rising from 58% to 82% between 2012 and 2023. The scheme avoided collapse through captive lenders, inflation eroding debt value, and internal financial system transfers.
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