No More Free Lunch Reflections on the Cuban Economic Reform Process
In September 2010, the Cuban government decided to embark on an economic reform program, unprecedented after the Revolution in 1959. This opened up opportunities for Cuban economists and scholars to participate in the development of the reform program. Th
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No More Free Lunch Reflections on the Cuban Economic Reform Process and Challenges for Transformation
No More Free Lunch
Claes Brundenius • Ricardo Torres Pérez Editors
No More Free Lunch Reflections on the Cuban Economic Reform Process and Challenges for Transformation
Editors Claes Brundenius Research Policy Institute Lund University Lund, Sweden
Ricardo Torres Pérez Center for the Study of the Cuban Economy University of Havana La Habana, Cuba
ISBN 978-3-319-00917-9 ISBN 978-3-319-00918-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-00918-6 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013948607 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
Cuba: An Economy Careening Forward, Destination Unknown Cuban President Raul Castro envisions a radically different economic landscape in Cuba from that which he inherited from his brother in 2006. Almost as soon as Fidel withdrew from the scene due to grave illness, his younger sibling, whose commitment to the half-century-old revolution is beyond question, articulated a series of critiques of the prevailing state of affairs that resonated widely on the island and beyond: Cuba’s economy was in shambles, sclerotic and unproduc
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