En el estado moderno, la condición gregaria del ser humano impone un conjunto de normas y participación, directa o indirecta, que se expresan en las organizaciones, asociaciones y agrupaciones, oficialmente reconocidas, oficiosas y autónomas. En este trabajo se le llama sociedad civil (SC) a esas normativas y modalidades de participación. Toda sociedad necesita de control […]

This essay deals with three important issues on the Cuban economy in 1995-96: (1) the rate of economic growth; (2) the net effect of the sugar harvest; and (3) faulty reporting by serious publications on Cuba’s economic recovery. The following analysis is mostly based on official Cuban data. THE RATE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN 1995-96 Until […]

The collapse of socialist regimes after 1989 reflects more bankruptcy than political change. The “old revolutionaries” and/or “counter-revolutionaries”— depending on the perspective— have been left unemployed. Before, a subversive agenda existed for “would be” destroyers or builders of “Ancient Regimes,” “Betrayed Revolutions,” and “Restorations.” Their prescriptions were very similar to the way Fidel Castro seized […]

Notes[ref]The views expressed here are those of the author and in no way represent the official views of the International Monetary Fund.[/ref] As the planet earth advances rapidly towards the twenty-first century, people are becoming more aware that the various problems affecting contemporary society cannot be solved exclusively at the national level. Increasingly the world […]

Sugar production in Cuba during the 20th century has never been curtailed by the installed industrial capacity. It is easy to increase the cane grinding rate on a short notice in such a manner as to process any expansion of the cane supply within the normal harvesting season. The communist government was fortunate the mills […]