Enjoyed the Tank Fish analogy Bealzebub....
To add to Quant's point....
There was a note doing the rounds last month or so put out by GS's Jim O'neill. It pointed out, if we have a "robust" growth of 3% per year, it will take over 21 years just to get back to 2007 asset wealth levels, such as been the destruction.
Wait until next year, when it will be the UK's Public Sector turn to deflate.