Drive by from the Wall Street Journal on military in the economy

Egypt’s military economy has flourished at the expense of the private sector, Jared Malsin writes for the WSJ in a feature-length drive-by that made the homepage of the digital edition of the newspaper. It’s a story that has practically become a meme for the international press in recent years, and the significance of Malsin’s piece, which extensively quotes Naguib Sawiris, is almost entirely in the fact that it has appeared in the Journal. It’s a solid primer for those new to the discussion, but pales in comparison to Reuters’ recent investigative piece based on a year’s worth of reporting on the military’s business activities.