To accurately fathom the success of the Castro-Communist regime[ref]The categorization of “Castro-Communist” depicts the Cuban dictatorial model. It is a hybrid case of nondemocratic rule within the operational mold of a regime which is both totalitarian and sultanistic. For a broad description of nondemocratic regime-types see Linz and Stepan, Problems of Democratic Transition (1996), pp. […]

The elimination or reduction of the excessive bureaucratic regulations that restricted private economic activities under the classical socialist model is one of the principal forces behind the expansion of the non-State (or private) sector under market (or “reform”) socialism (Kornai, 1992; Szelényi, 1988). During this stage of the transition process, a growing share of the […]

En la pantalla dividida de la Nación cubana se encuentran: por un lado, el 99% de los 11 millones de cubanos viviendo abajo de los estándares de calidad de vida internacionales, con la promesa de una Reforma del Estado a largo plazo, y por el otro lado, el 1% viviendo al margen de la ley. […]

Notes[ref]Editor’s Note: This essay was awarded Second Prize in the 2015 ASCE Student Competition for graduate students.[/ref] Los que han salido de Cuba tras los años, entre ellos los Pedro Pan, los Camarioca y los Marielitos, han luchado mucho, no sólo al salir de Cuba sino también al llegar a los Estados Unidos. Quiero explorar […]

The normalization of relations between the United States and Cuba brings Cuba closer to more robust integration with the global economic order. That process of integration poses both great opportunities and great challenges for Cuba. Both are likely to be felt as Cuba assumes a place on the global supply chain. In that respect, Cuba […]