Notes1 The amount of information on the current condition of the Cuban economy available as of mid-2003 is very limited in comparison to what had become customary in recent years. Not available at this time are: (1) the official statistical yearbook for 2002 or a preliminary statitistical summary; and (2) the report of the Banco […]

Notes1 Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country, and wedded to its liberty by the most lasting bonds. —Thomas Jefferson This paper presents some thoughts regarding the role of small farmers and family farms in […]

Notes1 The Caribbean Sea is home to the world’s largest assemblage of small and mini-states, a mixture of large to small islands with a wide fusion of languages, religions, ethnic groups, and customs (Thomas 1988). This pattern of development reflects the influences of colonization and settlement: four major European empires, as well as the United […]

Morality is a subject that interests us above all others: We fancy the peace of society to be at stake in every decision concerning it. —David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature PASSIONS AND REASON My main concern with respect to the so-called Cuban transition is “transition to what?” It seems to me that all […]

Notes1 Pronto se cumplirán quince años del fin de los sistemas socialistas que orbitaban en torno a la Unión Soviética, un acontecimiento que desenmascaró los íconos de la publicidad y la fábula del obrero todopoderoso y al que cada país aportó dictaduras y violaciones, déficit y distorsiones, enormes e ineficientes aparatos estatales. Sin distinguir latitudes […]