“This is us”, a different economics book

In general, economics books are heavy and boring for those who are not part of the circle most interested in the subject. That’s why it’s nice to find a different text.

One of them is written by well-known business journalist Willy Kohan: “Somos nosotros: Argentine dictionary of economics and politics 50 essential definitionsPresentation adds: More than 150 illustrations. Among which there are incunabula of the local economy, but very close in time

It was published by Sudamericana, Penguin Random House, last month and claims it is “From A to Z, a journey through the contemporary Argentine economy filled with information, history, reflection, wit and humor.”

It has prologues by Rosendo Fraga, Marcelo Longobardi and Carlos Melconian accompanying works by Facundo Zuviría, Jacques Bedel, Sergio De Loof, Alejandra Mettler and Pablo Bernard, among others.

It is, as the editor says, a Illustrated manual, playful and entertaining, informed and reflective of that entelechy known as the Argentine economy. It is an authentic and original dictionary in which the author addresses fifty national issues with the lucidity that characterizes him. We are offers new perspectives and creative perspectives: the Willy Kohan of today speaks and, through articles spanning more than forty years in the profession, Willy Kohan speaks from the newsrooms where he has worked since the 1980s.

A unique survey covering not only the author’s experience in graphic media, radio and television, but also also more than 30 archives, art collections, libraries and museums. He also rummages through personal and family drawers and trunks, which have provided documents that awaken our memory and revive our experiences as Argentines.

With more than 150 illustrations, titles, notes, anecdotes, works by renowned artists, and the reproduction of various events of national paper money, this book presents, with elegance and clarity, the future of our economic and political history.

“The results of the economic tragedy are in our memory, in the feelings and experiences that everyone has had to live. This illustrated dictionary calls upon all those memories to propose a new approach to economic life. My reflections, ordered with the rigor of the alphabet and masterfully illustrated, are an invitation to try new perspectives. Without excuses or other people’s faults. It’s our story. It’s us”, says the author.