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#+title: Ellis Goldberg
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There has been no failure of the state, not also fiscal, before the revolution, therefore there seems to be no revolution, because it is happening this week

Macro-economically seemed to be above the worlds average. Distribution of wealth, and other indicators, such as education and health, seem to be better than 30 years before.

(Because revolution does not happen when things get worse, probably)

What needs to be explained is 'why governments remain in power', not why they collapse'

(How did the Egyptian dream change over the decades, from Nasser's welfare state, من الإبرة للصاروخ, which was a deferred dream, to a social revolution in the 2010s.

Under Sadat, did subsidies become substantial in the Egyptian public spending

'We do not know exactly how education contributes to economic growth'

Ragy Assad راجي اسعد wrote on the expected defeminisation of the formal economic sector

Blades and Lindsor: women have a pre-disposition, to choosing more fundamental husbands....

Ragy Assad: Investment in bus lanes can have better results for employment, particularly for women, over underground and light rail. It can also encourage industry, since Egypt is more likely to build buses than light rail in the near future.

Robert Springboard estimated 40% of the economy is owned by the Egyptian military

Egyptian army since the 1950s has been seen as the creator of the middle class

In the 1960s, Egypt invested in land reclamation bubble. There has been a competition between the government and military

Over 5K years, the pyramids are a really good investment :)

Egypt has been subsidising the gulf and the West by the vehicle of brain drain

(Social conflict, not social contract)
