Karachi Exchange

In America, when stocks plunge, we look for a bailout. In Pakistan, they let the market work out the kinks: "Investors have to learn to bear losses as they do gains," says a Pakistani money manager. See

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20670001&refer=home&sid=a_.8H0oQOemI

One downside of free markets is someone bears the brunt of inequality. Here, the bourse had to call the police to protect it from unhappy investors: "investors broke windows, threw plant holders in the parking lot of the building and at least one protester was injured."

Pakistan's stock market has declined around 30% this year.