THE ROLE OF AN ECONOMIST IN NATION BUILDING
By Ayewo Abidemi Victor abidemivic@gmail.com Nation building is a normative concept that means different things to different people. In political science, nation-building is a term used to describe the construction of a functioning state. To put it succinctly, according to Irele (1999), nation building can be defined as a process of bringing of diverse groups together to develop their common land. There has been a lot of debates surrounding what the contributions of economist are to national development. As we know, the fundamental problem of any society is said to be scarcity i.e. the idea that demand is always greater than the resources that the society has. All over the world countries are benefiting from immense contributions of economist. For Developed economies that has fully recognized the potentials of economist, the following are ways by which they help