Las Vegas Alliance of the Libertarian Left » Raul Castro http://sonv.libertarianleft.org/blog building a new society within the shell of the old Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:41:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 In twenty words or fewer: Comparative Politics edition http://radgeek.com/gt/2009/04/11/in_twenty/ http://radgeek.com/gt/2009/04/11/in_twenty/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:59:30 +0000 Rad Geek tag:radgeek.com,2009://geekery_today.20090411145930 From a short article in the most recent issue of reason (Citings, p. 13) taking notice of recent changes in the Cuban government’s policies towards private taxicabs:

But in January, the Cuban government took a surprising step, announcing that it would loosen up the rules, even going so far as to let taxis set their own rates in the city. Rates are still capped, and the number of licenses will be determined by local officials, but it’s a pretty big step for Cuba, where nearly all aspects of commercial life are state-controlled.[1]

Taxi drivers and passengers in communist Cuba now enjoy freer markets for transit than their counterparts in hypercapitalist Las Vegas.

1 Katherine Mangu-Ward, Connecticut vs. Cuba, reason (2009.05), p. 13; originally appeared in Hit and Run (2009-01-13). Emphasis added. ↩

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