PROSPER AHABWE- Macroeconomic Analyst, Lawyer.

  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...

The Book: WHY NATIONS FAIL; THE ORIGINS OF POWER, PROSPERITY, AND POVERTY   by Acemoglu & Robinson  A REVIEW AND CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATION IN UGANDA. By Prosper Ahabwe. Katanga Slum Area.                                                                       Overview of Kampala Capital City. . 1. A Brief Review of the Book In the book, Acemoglu and Robinson, discuss the Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. The book centers on the reason behind the successes and failures of nations in the Universe, paying a closer look at historical examples. The book pays close attention to the rise of European countries and the road to the Industrial Revolution, and why the Industrial revolution was delayed by the extractive and exclusive nature of their institutions. This was visibly seen in the failure...

  THE BARBAROUS CYCLE OF  POVERTY AND  BACKWARDNESS AS DETERMINED BY EDUCATION Let the offspring of the peasantry be peasants till their 100th descendant. The general determinant of wealth in society is to the effect that those who attain a proper education are mostly the candidates for wealth creation and prosperity, while those who attain poor or no education are the greatest candidates for poverty, holding other factors constant . The Cycle of poverty in developing countries, and specifically in Uganda stands as; Owing to the fact that education is commercialized, the poor can not afford their children a decent education. Eventually, these children either do not go to school or go to very poor schools and most do not complete school as to acquire substantial skills. These illiterates and school dropouts later settle to a life of peasantry and in turn become poor parents, who produce poor children and educate them in poor schools, and then the cycle continues. On the ot...

    PATRIOTISM; A KEY WITHOUT A PADLOCK? The past has been a breeding ground of the patriotic, the noble, and the brave. But does it seem that now it is lost in the echoes? But what is patriotism? Is it serving your country during wartime, or making war on injustice in your home   town? Is it gathering with friends and setting off camp fire; is it about being attached to a particular patriotic club or attending these patriotism trainings or is patriotism a feeling that transcends words? Patriotism is about loving your country. The Oxford dictionary defines patriotism as ‘ devoted love, support, and defence of one’s country ’; national loyalty. But the word patriotism cannot be restricted and is very subjective in nature. One need not praise leaders or fight wars to express their feeling of patriotism. Some say it is unpatriotic to oppose the war, but consider this example; say if your kid brings home a bad report card. Are you proud of him/her? Probably not. But do you st...

WHO IS PROSPER AHABWE!  The son of Kigezi, Mr. Prosper Ahabwe  has evolved as a patriot, gospel preacher, passionate teacher, humanitarian, legal scholar, human rights activist, politician, and now a Revolutionary Activist as he prefers to be called.   He has often times been seen advocating for inclusiveness in the enjoyment of education rights in Uganda, which he believes will be the fueling force for the spread of the NEW ERA REVOLUTION in Uganda and Africa at large.   Prosper started the NEW ERA MOVEMENT with his close associates led by Mr. Oyesigye Ivan (Zlatan- as he is called due to his passion and talent for football), the duo are the key leaders of this ideological movement.   Mr. Ahabwe dreams of seeing a new future in Uganda. His ideas about the direction of the economy have been quite balanced between Capitalism and communism, and he believes in the establishment of what he calls, THE NEW THIRD FUNDAMENTAL STRATEGY, as the best economi...

THE MYSTERY OF DEMOCRACY IN A SEMI-LITERATE SOCIETY;  THE CASE IN UGANDA     by PROSPER AHABWE     “(In the absence of knowledge), democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.” -G. Bernard Shaw.   Excerpt from the main essay! THE MYSTERY OF DEMOCRACY IN A SEMI-LITERATE SOCIETY: THE CASE OF UGANDA Democracy  refers to a government of the people, for the people, and by the people. In fact, democracy means the people’s freedom to choose who to govern them and how. However, democracy is not just a form of government, but a life style which every group of people must aspire to live by. Socrates depicted democracy as unrealistic if the masses are not educated on how to exercise their rights, and so the making of decisions should be by  people who are well versed with  competence on how society should be run. B. Shaw shares this view and expressed it in his writings, ‘if despotism failed only for want ...

HUMAN SURVIVAL UNDER THE WAVE OF COVID19.                                      By                          Ahabwe Julian Prosper              Law student- Makerere University                      the poor were bound to die                      either quickly on the streets,                      or gradually in the work house                     OLIVER TWIST by Charles Dickens            The above statement shows that the poor were destined for early death without choice. This article concentrates itself on applying the extract in the Ugandan sett...