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Thu 01 Jan 2009Placing a gigantic one-way bet against the planet
Cuba is an object lesson in a different way to tackle shortages and slumps while remaining independent, writes John Gibbons
THOMAS LICCARDI could have been New York’s answer to Eddie Hobbs. An accountant by trade, and cautious to a fault, some years back he noticed one of his clients was earning 25 per cent on investments. “It sounded much too good to be true,” said Liccardi.
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