The Struggle for the Market: Life and Hustle in Cuba's New Economy

A firsthand look at how business owners in Havana navigate the changing Cuban market and state

The Struggle for the Market tells the story of Cuba's economic reforms in the 2010s, focusing on the experiences a group of small business owners known as cuentapropistas. These business owners were the most directly affected by the transition from the state-centered planned economy of earlier decades to an economy in which the state had legalized dozens of job categories for small-scale enterprise...