A comprehensive, concise and high quality study on Cuba’s economic reforms has just been published by Phil Peters, the Vice President of the Lexington Institute. Peters is also the author of the Blog The Cuban Triangle: Havana-Miami-Washington events and arguments and their impact on Cuba.
The complete presentation is available here: Phil Peters, A Viewers Guide to Cuba’s Economic Reform
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
A Tale of Two Speeches
Raul Gets Started
The Communist Party Blueprint for Economic Reform
A Viewer’s Guide, Sector by Sector
Small Entrepreneurs
Agriculture
Cutting Government Spending
Private Cooperatives
State Enterprises
Foreign Investment
Removing “Excessive Prohibitions”
Tax Policy
Local Government
Credits for Business and Home Improvement
Conclusion
APPENDICES
A Chronology of Reform
The Media and Reform
The Legalization of Residential Real Estate Sales
The Demographic Squeeze
Phil Peters, Lexington Institute
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