Cuba pushes through sweeping free-market reforms in biggest economic shift since the revolution

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2. Depends how it's structured and what's left of centralized power.

The NEP was a great thing until one day it wasn't. What freedoms the government has deigned to grant it can just as easily deem revoked. It's like a parent supervising a kid in the playground. "Yes, Johnny, you can have a plastic shovel and a bucket and even go to the far side of the sandbox. Until I say otherwise, that is--don't you forget who's in charge."