Nada wrote:
>I think we ought not to get into a debate
>on the class nature of Cuban society
Please note that I said absolutely nothing
abut the class nature of Cuba
>... no one thinks that Havana ought to become
>the second city of Ford Motor Company or be the
>biggest producer of industri
If Cuba pursued an industrial development plan it would have ended up
looking more like
Albania than Japan.
Socialism in one country is impossible, I don't see anything wrong with
Cuba's
general economic policy.
(and actually I'm a fan of the term "bureaucratic collectivist")
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 a
Japan.
--- On Sat, 8/22/09, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote:
> From: Bhaskar Sunkara
> Subject: Re: [Marxism] Words (Cuban economy)
> To: "Steve Palmer"
> Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 12:57 PM
> When has autarkic state capitalism
> ever been a formula to
> *solve*und
I think we ought not to get into a debate on the class nature of Cuban
society here on this list. It simply won't work, IMHO.
But...there are all sorts of "industrializations" and no one thinks that
Havana ought to become the second city of Ford Motor Company or be the
biggest producer of indus
When has autarkic state capitalism ever been a formula to
*solve*underdevelopment?
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 3:50 PM, wrote:
> Tom Cod wrote:
>
> >Hey, how much heavy industry is there in Cuba. Don't they still
> >rely on their traditional natural resource: sugar?
> >
> The answer is yes, to Cuba
Tom Cod wrote:
>Hey, how much heavy industry is there in Cuba. Don't they still
>rely on their traditional natural resource: sugar?
>
The answer is yes, to Cuba's detriment.
Cuba's top exports are:
Sugar and honey 53%
Nickel 23%
Fish 6.8%
Tobacco 5.6%
and they imp
