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in Africa, Capitalism and Markets, Central America, China, Demography, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Gender and Sex, Globalization, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, International Affairs, Links – Economic Development, Poverty, Technology (Food & Water), Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution1. Economist: March of the Middle Class 2. Chrsitianity Today: Poverty Is a Moral Problem – Interview with William Easterly … The sad thing is that the field and practice of development have too often been on the wrong side of this debate. They’ve implicitly painted themselves into a corner where they’re on the authoritarian…
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Cuba Enacts 2 Surprising Free-Market Reforms
Huffington Post: Cuba Enacts 2 Surprising Free-Market Reforms HAVANA — Cuba has issued a pair of surprising free-market decrees, allowing foreign investors to lease government land for up to 99 years – potentially touching off a golf-course building boom – and loosening state controls on commerce to let islanders grow and sell their own fruit…
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The end of Communism? Cuba sweeps away egalitarian wages
The Independent: The end of Communism? Cuba sweeps away egalitarian wages Raul Castro's reforms continue with abolition of rule that labourers and surgeons earn the same. Cuba took another leap away from Fidel Castro's creaky egalitarian model yesterday when it swept away the wage restraints that have kept surgeons and taxi drivers on much the…