In 1952 Gustavo Gutiérrez published this book while Technical Director at the Junta Nacional de Economia. In the introduction, Luis José Abado writes that, " the JNC began as the Junta Nacional de Guerra which fell into GG's lap in the mid to late 1940's and which he headed with surprising success even with scare resources and few employees. The present JNC is the blossoming of that first seed."
Mr. Abado believes that, "Cuba should be eternally in debt to multi talented Dr. Gutiérrez for his contributions as an economist, knowing well his past as a lawyer, politician, internationalist (professor of international law, University of Havana) and prolific writer" adding that, "this book represents just one of countless other works in uninterrupted succession by Gutiérrez which this prolific author crafts over a great range of thought and action: the creation of economic institutions lacking in Cuba so that it's economy may overcome this stage of Cuba's development, hurrying up, on the one hand, it's partial pubescent capitalism and avoiding, on the other hand, the dangers of abnormal and almost gigantic, decidedly super-capitalist, (monoculture) means of production."
Finally, we read in a footnote that since the coup of March 10, 1952 caught the author and the printing of this book by surprise, which had been written in commemoration of Cuba's 50th anniversary as a republic, the author wishes to express that, "the national economy, mother from whom all suckle, should reside above all political passions."
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