A karkashin Shugaba Gamal Abdel Nasser, tattalin arzikin Masar ya kasance karkashin ikon gwamnati da tsarin tattalin arziki, wanda ke da iyakacin ikon saka hannun jari.Masu suka a shekarun 1970s sun lakafta shi a matsayin "tsarin tsarin Soviet " wanda ke da rashin iya aiki, wuce gona da iri, da almubazzaranci.^[141]Shugaba Anwar Sadat, wanda ya gaji Nasser, ya nemi kawar da hankalin Masar daga ci gaba da tashe-tashen hankula da Isra'ila, da kuma rabon albarkatun kasa ga sojoji.Ya yi imani da manufofin tattalin arziƙin jari-hujja don haɓaka mahimman kamfanoni masu zaman kansu.Ana ganin daidaitawa da Amurka da kasashen Yamma a matsayin hanyar samun wadata da kuma yuwuwar dimokradiyya.^{[142 <]} > Manufar Infitah, ko “buɗaɗɗiya”, ta nuna gagarumin sauyin akida da siyasa daga tsarin Nasser.Yana da nufin sassauta ikon gwamnati a kan tattalin arziki da karfafa masu zaman kansu.Wannan manufar ta haifar da manyan attajirai da masu matsakaicin matsakaici amma tana da iyakacin tasiri kan matsakaicin Masari, wanda ya haifar da rashin gamsuwa da yawa.Cire tallafin kayan abinci na yau da kullun a cikin 1977 karkashin Infitah ya haifar da gagarumin 'Bread Riots'.An soki manufofin da ke haifar da hauhawar farashin kayayyaki, da hasashen filaye, da kuma cin hanci da rashawa.^[137]Samar da sassaucin ra'ayi na tattalin arziki a lokacin Sadat ya kuma ga gagarumin ƙaura na Masarawa zuwa ƙasashen waje don aiki.Tsakanin 1974 zuwa 1985, Masarawa sama da miliyan uku sun ƙaura zuwa yankin Gulf na Farisa.Kudaden da aka samu daga wadannan ma’aikatan sun baiwa iyalansu damar komawa gida don sayen kayayyakin masarufi kamar firiji da motoci.^[143]A fagen 'yancin ɗan adam, manufofin Sadat sun haɗa da dawo da tsarin da ya dace da kuma haramta azabtarwa ta doka.Ya wargaza yawancin na'urorin siyasar Nasser tare da gurfanar da tsofaffin jami'ai bisa laifin cin zarafi a zamanin Nasser.Yayin da da farko yake ƙarfafa ƙwarin gwiwar shiga siyasa, Sadat daga baya ya ja da baya daga waɗannan ƙoƙarin.Shekarunsa na ƙarshe sun kasance suna da ƙara tashe-tashen hankula saboda rashin jin daɗin jama'a, rikice-rikice na bangaranci, da kuma komawa ga matakan danniya, gami da kama mutane ba tare da shari'a ba.