Missing Tim's point a bit
He is trying to say that while they [the Egyptian people] can remove an autocrat and potentially increase their political freedom, the country and its people will see very little improvement unless they become more economically liberal.
Essentially, Egypt (and seemingly the whole of North Africa) is potentially on the cusp of social, political and economic golden age, assuming they can remove/reduce the bureaucracy.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
