I. Introducción Después de su liberación e instauración de un gobierno democrático, Cuba tendrá que escoger su política monetaria. Existen dos alternativas para llegar a la mejor decisión. Una es la opción de una política monetaria de transición, de un sistema socialísta planificado a una economía de mercado; la otra es tomar la decisión de […]
Thoughts on the Cuban Sugar Industry
I. Introduction Remember the classic Cuba axiom “Sin azúcar no hay país”? The question should now be asked: is this principle still valid in the last decade of the Twentieth Century, after approximately 200 years of dominating all aspects of the island’s psychological and economic existence? This question has to be raised regardless of whether […]
Non-Walrasian Properties of the Cuban Economy: Rationing, Labor Supply and Output
I. Introduction The range of opportunities to carry out empirical research on the Cuban economy is generally limited by the lack of data or by the nagging suspicion that the available data do not tell all there is to know, especially during the last thirty three years of government control of the sources of information. Economic […]
Cuban Economic Outcomes in the United States, 1960–1990
This paper examines the characteristics of the Cuban diaspora in the United States, and its propensity to achieve business success. The results are based on the Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises, 1987 Economic Census issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce in April 1991. These statistics conclusively depict the breadth and depth of entrepreneurship displayed […]
Abstracts of Main Presentations: The Current Economic Situation in Cuba
The conference started with a panel discussion on the current situation in Cuba that involved presentations by Dr. Ernesto Betancourt, former Director of Radio Marti, Dr. Jorge Dominguez, professor of Harvard University and Dr. Jorge Perez Lopez, of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The following is a summary of the main points made in […]
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