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Cuba after communism

Eliana A Cardoso Ann Helwege

Cambridge, Mass MIT Press 1992

Localização: FEA - Fac. Econ. Adm. Contab. e Atuária  ACERVO DELFIM NETTO  (A9.31.35 )(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Cuba after communism
  • Autor: Eliana A Cardoso
  • Ann Helwege
  • Assuntos: Communism -- Cuba -- History; Privatisierung; Zukunft; Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen / Kuba / USA; Systemtransformation / Wirtschaftskrise / Kuba; COMUNISMO -- CUBA; Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1959-1990; Cuba -- Economic conditions -- 1990-; Cuba -- Forecasting; United States -- Relations -- Cuba; Cuba -- Relations -- United States; Since 1959; Economic conditions; Cuba
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-146) and index
  • Descrição: As once-powerful communist rulers flee their presidential palaces and centralized economies give way to free markets, the future of Latin America's last socialist country hangs in the balance. In a fast-paced style that is both technically sophisticated and admirably free of economic jargon, Eliana Cardoso and Ann Helwege provide a much-needed road map for a peaceful and productive transition from communism to capitalism. They vividly depict the tough choices Cuba faces in the years ahead, and propose a series of reforms to ease Cuba through a transition to capitalism while preserving some legitimate gains--such as those in education and health care--that socialism has provided the Cuban people. The authors begin with the crux of Cuba's predicament: it is an overly centralized single-crop economy that is fast running out of money, as it can no longer depend on privileged trade relations with the former Soviet Union. In this difficult period, Cuba faces the challenge of managing an increasingly chaotic, dysfunctional economy. Is Cuba's transition to capitalism bound to yield another Haiti? Cardoso and Helwege answer with a resounding no. They begin their analysis with a fascinating history of the political roots of Cuba, from Cuban "independence" after the Spanish-American War to the rise of Castro and the development of a socialist economy. After discussing the various economic alternatives reflected in the experience of neighboring countries--models as diverse as Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and Chile--the authors present a systematic program to help Cuba prevent economic decline and political chaos. Their plan involves rapid privatization and the attraction of foreign investment, while providing safeguards against the excesses and inequalities endemic to Latin American capitalism.
  • Editor: Cambridge, Mass MIT Press
  • Data de criação/publicação: 1992
  • Formato: xiii, 148 p ill., map 21 cm.
  • Idioma: Inglês

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