The obstacles that hinder state enterprises in Cuba
Twice this week I’ve heard this idea in two different contexts, although always referring to the state enterprise. “Doing away...
Those who sell serve, those who buy order
While this week almost all Cubans discussed this exciting matter of imagining how we are going to be able to...
Cuba beyond the energy situation: look at the Sun
There was a time when the inhabitants of the township of San Cristóbal de la Habana recognized the times of...
Cuba’s economic independence and Mr. Trump
Almost everything, even the worst of the worst, has something positive. It even happens with what used to be our...
Less tourists vs more income per tourist
Tourism, I have no doubt, will have to remain one of those great engines that drive the country forward. (1)...
Encourage, promote, facilitate
No, I am not at all promoting the idea of creating another ministry in Cuba, the Ministry of Development or...
Wages and productivity: the egg and the hen
Wage increases can only be possible if work productivity can be increased. This idea, repeated over and over again for...
Change the mentality and all those that must be changed
It’s true, almost always, that when something new is undertaken it’s necessary to change our old ways of thinking: to...
Foreign investment: the long and winding road to your door
A combination of several factors has made investment, in particular the direct foreign one, return to the news and in...
“Well let’s use technology on the cow”
Sitting in that comfortable chair, Pedro watched the sunrise and tasted his so special coffee, totally organic, that could only...
What’s special about this period
I'm not going to talk about the chicken that can’t be found anywhere, nor the famous Brazilian rice so demanded...
The inexorable passage of time, the one that went by…
I reread the comments to an article that appeared in Cubadebate and I remembered that magnificent song by Pablo Milanés,...
Opportunity to export vs export capacity
In a previous work I tried to expose how complex it was to achieve good economic policy designs, with the...
Marches and countermarches: the economic policy’s back-and-forths
I have written this column driven by the discussions around the papers presented at the Annual Seminar of the Center...
Cuba: Without innovation there is no economic takeoff
Homo sapiens had achieved it. After much observation, and maybe some luck, they had not only managed to produce fire:...
The list and the money don’t tally
An old recourse to express the strangeness in a contradictory situation is the phrase: "The list and the money don’t...
Cuba 2019: the economy’s most important challenges are not economic
As expected, 2019 will be a very tense year in terms of the economy and will also be difficult in...
Beyond the 50 Chairs
At the beginning only 12 chairs were allowed in what according to popular saying was called a “paladar,” taking the...
Beyond the 50 chairs
At the beginning 12 chairs were allowed in what according to popular saying was called a “paladar,” taking the name...
Learning from tourism without having to go to China
It is true that there is a great deal to learn about the economy, not just from China but also...
Mountaineering and exports
High risk sports (mountaineering, scuba diving, parachuting, all of them) require very clear, easy to understand rules that transmit simple...
The public, the private and wellbeing
The following story I’m going to tell was given to me by a good friend, who is already retired and...
Stockpiling, commerce and planning
A feature article, “El papel lo aguanta todo” (Paper Puts Up with Everything), which appeared in the newspaper Invasor about...
Improving the rules of the game
Reuters’ news again submerged me in that so special relationship between our country and that other one: that during...
Foreign Direct Investment, Prosperity and Development
Since the late 1980s, foreign direct investment (FDI) has been included among the potential resources Cuba has had to...
