Can Cuba effectively become a free market economy?

More than likely I suspect Cubans themselves probably don't even want a free market economy due to the fact that in the year 2000 public sector employment was at 76% while private sector employment (mostly people who were self employed) was at a pitiful 23%. read more

Cuba is undergoing a "silent transition" from socialism to a mixed economy but the U.S. hasn't responded with diplomatic initiatives, an authority on Latin American affairs writes. "A series of economic reforms are shrinking the size of the state-run economy and making room for a greatly expanded private sector," says Michelle Chase, professor of Latin American history at Bloomfield (N.J.) College. read more