The Natural Law out of Underdevelopment

Economics largely comes down to common sense. Common sense exists because life and other natural events follow a predictable pattern based on the natural laws in place. The creator, according to one famous preacher, does not have to impose judgment. The latter was in-built into the natural and spiritual laws in place. Conformity to these laws activates benefits, while non-conformity attracts and activates judgment.

Moving society out of poverty and underdevelopment does not just happen; there is a natural law that controls the process.  Conformity to this law guarantees exit out of underdevelopment regardless of society, its internal contradictions and external impediments. Conversely, non-conformity to this law condemns society to perpetual underdevelopment regardless of its blessings and opportunities.

How it functions

To easily understand the process that leads society out of poverty and underdevelopment, and the natural law that controls the process, imagine cooking food for a big number of people using the rural African method of three cooking stones. The food is prepared in an over-sized sauce pan, covered well, placed on three cooking stones and firewood lit under (Illustration 1).  The food gets ready in a relatively short time and almost everyone gets served.

Food represents the country’s economy. Cooking fire symbolises energy of the leadership and entire society expended in moving the country out of poverty and underdevelopment. The three cooking stones symbolise the three development pillars, namely (i) Knowledge (ii) Skills and (iii) Right thinking for the country’s development. Together, the three pillars make up the natural law out of underdevelopment. It was to conform to this law that education became a prerequisite to transforming society socio-economically, but also to sustaining the transformation.