BOOK REVIEW; THE TIME TRAVELLING ECONOMIST- By Prosper Ahabwe J.
THE TIME TRAVELLING ECONOMIST Why Education, Electricity, and Fertility rates are key to escaping Poverty. Author: Charlie Robertson . London, UK Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. Review by Prosper Julian Ahabwe. The Time Travelling Economist is a book describing the success and failure of world economies focusing on the role played by Education, Electricity, and Fertility rates in their development. The nomenclature of the title (The Time Travelling Economist) is reflected, in that it walks through centuries, and across all nations of the globe. Charlie Robertson in this book explains the undeniable importance of adult literacy as a driver to industrialization and economic development. However, he advances the argument that literacy alone is incapable of delivering economic growth in the absence of adequate electricity to run the factories. Yet, even in the presence of the two; Education and Electricity, countries still need the finances to run these industries- which financ