Cuban economists on the Cuban economy [electronic resource] / edited by Al Campbell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Finding a new road (again) to a socialist economy and economic well-being in Cuba / Al Campbell -- Part I: The macroeconomy: 1. Fifty years of revolution in the Cuban economy: a brief overview / Jose Luis Rodríguez -- 2. The evolution of Cuba's macroeconomy: from the triumph of the revolution through the special period / Oscar U-Echevarría Vallejo -- 3. Cuba's insertion in the international economy since 1990 / Nancy A. Quiñones Chang -- 4. Medium and long-range planning in Cuba: historical evolution and future prospects / Elena Alvarez González -- Part II: Socioeconomic issues -- 5. Creating a better life: the human dimension of the Cuban economy / Rita Castiñeiras García -- 6. Fighting poverty: Cuba's experience / Angela Ferriol -- 7. The Cuban population: major characteristics with a special focus on the aging population / Juan Carlos Alfonso Fraga -- 8. Labor relations, labor rights, and trade unions: their history in Cuba / Alfredo Morales Cartaya -- Part III: Specific branches of production -- 9. The evolution of international tourism in Cuba / Miguel Alejandro Figueras -- 10. Tourism: natural product, source of exchange with the outside world, and ideological challenge / Alfredo García Jimnez -- 11. Agriculture: historical transformations and future directions / angel Bu Wong and Pablo Fernández Domínguez -- 12. Expansion of knowledge-based economic sectors: the advantages socialism offers for Cuba / Vito N. Quevedo Rodríguez.

Brings together some of Cuban's most prominent economists to examine Cuba's economic history and analyze changes in policy during the years since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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