Note Many thanks Helena, Gary, and the rest of the ASCE Board, for the invitation to speak here today. It’s a real honor to be here for many reasons—but I’d like to mention two. First, I’ve been coming to the ASCE conference off and on for many years and find the conference and the published […]

Auhtor’s note Cuba se puede considerar una economía híbrida que combina elementos del mercado con una economía estatal centralizada. La participación del mercado en la economía cubana ha crecido luego de la ampliación del trabajo por cuenta propia durante la última década del siglo XX y más recientemente, con las reformas introducidas para la implementación […]

Note EL MARCO LEGAL DE LAS IED EN CUBA La Red de Tratados Internacionales Ratificados por Cuba A. Los Convenios comerciales multilaterales Hoy día, la protección de las inversiones extranjeras directas (IED) puede revestir básicamente dos fórmulas jurídicas: acuerdos internacionales (bilaterales, multilaterales o regionales) o leyes internas de los Estados. Abordemos, en primer lugar, la […]

I said this to President Castro in Cuba. I said, look, you’ve made great progress in educating young people. —Barack Obama He managed to bring…good quality education to all the people of Cuba. —Jeremy Corbyn A legendary revolutionary and orator, Mr. Castro made significant improvements to the education…of his island nation. —Justin Trudeau As the […]

Author’s note The objective of this article is to evaluate the role played by economic policies in Cuba during the period  1990–2016,  using  a  production  function-based empirical model. In particular, the article is concerned with several policies that have severely distorted the Cuban economy and stifled economic activity for decades. The subsidization of employment to […]