Al Campbell (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780813044231
- eISBN:
- 9780813046464
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813044231.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Economic History
Most published material in English on the Cuban economy is written by non-Cubans. The goal of this book is to present, in English, a spectrum of views on various aspects of the Cuban economy from ...
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Most published material in English on the Cuban economy is written by non-Cubans. The goal of this book is to present, in English, a spectrum of views on various aspects of the Cuban economy from twelve Cuban economists respected in Cuba for their work. The book’s temporal focus is the Special Period, 1990-2009, though it also presents the previous thirty years as necessary background. The work is divided into three thematic sections of four chapters each: (1) the macroeconomy; (2) socioeconomic issues; and (3) specific branches of production. Individual chapters address the macroeconomy, foreign trade, planning, the economic aspects of living in Cuba, poverty, demographics, labor, tourism, agriculture, and knowledge-based sectors. The authors emphasize empirical support for the positions they present as they advance the principal theme that yokes the different chapters: the extent to which the economic changes that occurred over the Special Period influenced how the Cuban economy functions now and as prelude to more major changes that will come in the future. A second important theme throughout the chapters is Cuba’s continued commitment to making choices that improve human well-being and enhance the building of a socialist economy, albeit with many new ideas on both what is possible and necessary to bring these goals about.Less
Most published material in English on the Cuban economy is written by non-Cubans. The goal of this book is to present, in English, a spectrum of views on various aspects of the Cuban economy from twelve Cuban economists respected in Cuba for their work. The book’s temporal focus is the Special Period, 1990-2009, though it also presents the previous thirty years as necessary background. The work is divided into three thematic sections of four chapters each: (1) the macroeconomy; (2) socioeconomic issues; and (3) specific branches of production. Individual chapters address the macroeconomy, foreign trade, planning, the economic aspects of living in Cuba, poverty, demographics, labor, tourism, agriculture, and knowledge-based sectors. The authors emphasize empirical support for the positions they present as they advance the principal theme that yokes the different chapters: the extent to which the economic changes that occurred over the Special Period influenced how the Cuban economy functions now and as prelude to more major changes that will come in the future. A second important theme throughout the chapters is Cuba’s continued commitment to making choices that improve human well-being and enhance the building of a socialist economy, albeit with many new ideas on both what is possible and necessary to bring these goals about.
