Law-Decrees 101 and 102 of the Republic of Cuba provide retirement, disability, and survivor pensions for the personnel of the Ministry of the Armed Forces (MINFAR) and the Ministry of Interior (MININT) of the Republic of Cuba. These two laws effective February 24, 1988 provide better pension benefits than those provided under Law 24 on […]

The transformation of a centrally planned economy (CPE) into a market economy provides an excellent example of hysteresis between the trajectories corresponding to the transformation of each economic system into the other. The first process involves a transformation of a low-complexity system to one of much higher complexity. Inversely, upon establishing a centrally planned economy […]

There is an unspoken assumption in much of the popular media coverage as well as academic treatment of Cuba that the Castro regime’s longevity is tantamount to legitimacy, under the further assumption that his hold on power indicates a significant reservoir of majority support. This support is taken to stem from the social welfare gains […]

When the transition from a centrally-planned economy to a market system finally occurs in Cuba, a number of important industries whose growth has been slowed or depressed will face conditions more favorable to expansion. Once the U.S. embargo is lifted, institutional change occurs, and foreign capital flows into the reviving system, market alignments for major […]

This is a policy paper, not a research paper. It analyzes the current Cuban situation from an operational perspective, including possible outcomes and policy suggestions as to how the Helms/Burton Act can be modified to encourage change inside the Cuba. The paper is based on a systematic review of discrete events in the context of […]