# What's wrong with Egypts economy?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-egypts-economy/687387>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 30, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-egypts-economy/687387 "2014-04-30T19:56:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-egypts-economy/687387/21 "2014-05-01T23:11:10Z")

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> [@Human\_Action](#):
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> As long as the military chooses the government, as we just saw with the ouster of Morsi, any headway toward getting the military out of the economy or giving up any power is highly unlikely.

Unfortunately, the government chosen by the military seems to be _better_ than the one chosen by democratic process. Which is also a rather sad statement.

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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-egypts-economy/687387/22 "2014-05-02T09:02:49Z")

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Yeah but I can bet that the MB assured a lot more social welfare to the average Egyptian than what’s on offer at the moment, even though I disagree with their platform.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-egypts-economy/687387/23 "2014-05-02T10:02:16Z")

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**What’s wrong with Egypts economy?**

Not enough Jews to manage the books.

Just kidding.

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**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-egypts-economy/687387/24 "2014-05-02T12:16:51Z")

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Too many pyramid schemes?

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**Author:** ![Human\_Action](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-egypts-economy/687387/25 "2014-05-02T15:02:09Z")

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> [@smiling\_bandit](#):
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> Unfortunately, the government chosen by the military seems to be _better_ than the one chosen by democratic process. Which is also a rather sad statement.

Better at preserving the military’s privileges. Better at governing? That’s a wash at best. As I said, as long as the military controls so much of the economy, there will be no general prosperity, and as long as the military controls the government, there will be no reform. Other than change happening within the military, I don’t see any real hope.

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