TY - BOOK AU - Campbell,Al ED - Project Muse. TI - Cuban economists on the Cuban economy T2 - Contemporary Cuba SN - 9780813048345 AV - HC152.5 .C835 2013 U1 - 330.97291 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Gainesville PB - University Press of Florida KW - Cuba KW - Social conditions KW - Economic policy KW - Economic conditions KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813048345/ ER -