In 1980, in order to stimulate agricultural production, Fidel Castro allowed Cuban farmers to sell their goods directly to consumers and keep whatever profit they made.Some farmers were earning $50,000 per year, compared with the average worker income of $2,400.The workers resented this.Castro denounced the farmers as "capitalist gangsters" and closed the free markets.Cuban cash income declined five percent and fresh vegetables were in short supply.This illustrates the economic concept of the

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The scenario described in the passage illustrates the equality-efficiency trade-off. While opening up free markets in agriculture led to greater efficiency and higher profits for farmers, it also created inequality and resentment among workers. When Castro shut down the free markets, it was an attempt to restore equality but at the cost of reducing efficiency and creating shortages of fresh vegetables. This trade-off is a common economic phenomenon, where policies that promote equality often come at the expense of efficiency, and vice versa.

In 1980, in Order to Stimulate Agricultural Production, Fidel Castro