The essence of the Cuban socialist economy
An economy under the direction of the people’s political will
On January 9, 2023, Agustín Lage Dávila delivered an address to the Economic Society of Friends of the Country, a Cuban association. Lage was invited by the Board of Directors of the Society to speak on the occasion of its 230th anniversary.
Lage is a well-known Cuban scientist, who for twenty-five years was the Director of the Center of Molecular Immunology of Havana. He is advisor to the President of BioCubaFarma, a Cuban complex of companies that manufactures and exports vaccines and new medicines for the treatment of principal health problems, including cancer; diabetes; autoimmune, infectious and cerebrovascular diseases; and COVID-19. The complex is 100% financed by the Cuban state, and it consists of forty-six companies with more than 19,000 workers. Lage also has served several terms as a deputy in the National Assembly of People’s Power.
It is worthy of note that Lage, a research scientist, would be invited to address a society of economists on economic ques…