Castro Embodies Contradictions of a Movement - WSJ.com

"For all his political skills, Mr. Castro pushed oddball economic theories during his long tenure. In his effort to create a selfless 'New Man,' he tried to abolish money for a time. Later on, he promoted a program to create midget cows for distribution in Cuba's cities as a way of solving the country's endemic milk shortage. Even with the fat subsidies from the Soviet Union and Venezuela, Cuba has had to maintain austere rationing."