As is typical of political revolutions, Egypt’s economic situation has gone from bad to worse in the course of these power struggles. Revolutions tend to confront new governments with steeply rising social demands (for wage increases and higher welfare spending, for example) at a time of capital flight, financial turmoil, and deep disruptions of production.
与典型的政治革命一样，埃及经济状况在这些权力斗争中从恶化走向更加恶化。革命往往产生面临急剧上升的社会需求的政府（比如要求涨薪和增加福利支出），与此同时又往往伴随着资本外逃、金融动荡和生产的严重破坏。在埃及的例子中，关键的旅游业因为革命而大幅萎缩。失业率出现了飙升，货币出现了贬值，食品价格上升到危险的水平。