It would not be hard to "engineer" a rational economy -- except, and this is a big "except" for the resistance that such a policy would create. How many resources would be released if Cuba did not have to worry about the U.S. and the trouble that the U.S. has created. If the Cuban -- or any society for that matter -- could join together without conflict, they could easily eliminate poverty.
For that reason, it is very important that the U.S. be able to sabatoge any attempt to create a rational society abroad as well as at home.
"J. Barkley Rosser, Jr." wrote:
> I find the claim that we could "eliminate poverty" in
> six months questionable. This depends on what we mean
> by poverty, of course, but the last I checked no country on
> earth has succeeded in completely eliminating poverty,
> most definitely including Cuba,
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929
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