Monetary Essays for Open Economies: The Argentine Case by Milei, Javier G., Giacomini, Diego

“…This paper presents a series of seven essays and three appendices that deal with the exchange rate debate that has taken place in the last three years in the Argentine economy, in which together with a group of colleagues we have taken a position that Implies an absolutely opposite view with which they have been studying these subjects in the last 40 years. …”
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Birth and Early History of Nonlinear Dynamics in Economics by Perona, Eugenia

“…The main objective of this essay is to offer a systematic and comprehensive survey of the early developments in nonlinear dynamics in economics, ranging form Frisch’s original impulse and propagation model in 1933, to Goodwin’s formalisation of the limit cycle in 1951.  …”
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The Danish Girl by Ordoñez, Pilar

“…This essay is about a character that had its counterpart in the history of painting, Einar Wegener Morgens. …”
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Wonderwoman and Captain Marvel Diverging: approaches to feminist ethics by Rodríguez Celi, Julián

“…In this essay are adressed two exciting films where female superheroes are protagonists. …”
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Notas sobre la idea de lugar de habla by Ortiz, Renato

“…This essay reflects on the idea of place of speech as an identitarian and cognitive placement, from which different subjects construct  their positions and legitimize their interventions in the public sphere. …”
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The ambivalent search for the Lost Father by Brok, Albert

“…This essay fills a gap in our understanding of Benigno by placing in sharper focus the internal location of “Men” and “Fathers” in his psychological life as illustrated by the film narrative. …”
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Françoise Dolto’s analytical practice: reflections on the use of drawings from a biographical film by Danta Guedes, Dilcio

“…This essay articulates some considerations on the analytical practice of Françoise Dolto and her handling of pictorial productions of child patients. …”
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Increasing the commercial presence of Latin America: What do gravitational models have to say? by Jacobo, Alejandro D.

“…This essay seeks to collaborate with the challenge that Latin America represents to increase its presence in world trade and obtain some clues about the determinants of trade flows. …”
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INTELLECTUALS AND REVOLUTION. CORTÁZAR: A POETICS FOR POLITICS by Demarchi, Rogelio

“…Julio Cortázar, on the other hand, not only maintained his adhesion to the socialist project and claimed the freedom and autonomy of the intellectuals, but also wanted to be the Guevara of letters and proposed a poetics for politics: socialism could only be —from his perspective— if it knew how to be poetry. This essay describes that program based on a critical reading of his correspondence and his work.…”
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The end and the purpose of humanity by Preziosa, María Marta

“…This essay dares to hypothesize that the brothers Christopher and Jonathan Nolan were inspired by Joseph Ratzinger’s thoughts on hope when writing the screenplay for the movie Interstellar. …”
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Rosas and rosismo: readings on the plebiscitary republic by Ternavasio, Marcela

“…This essay reflects on the complex relationship, historical and historiographical, between Rosas and Rosismo and deals with certain problems and blind spots that the experiment of a plebiscitary republic in Buenos Aires presented in the first half of the 19th century and its derivations in the later interpretations. …”
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Regretting Mothers in The Lost Daughter by Lima, Natacha Salomé

“…The analysis follows the story of Leda, an Italian literature professor who, after a random encounter with a young mother, recalls and updates her own motherhood. The essay reviews the relationship of women with themselves as mothers, considering her role, but also the myths that link motherhood with an inexorable destiny for women.…”
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The landscapes of grief: spaces of loss on the Argentine coast by Gordon, Rocio

“…The recent death of the mother is the starting point of these three films that are set in coastal towns or cities of Buenos Aires during the off season. This essay examines the relationship between grief and space by exploring how the return to a liminal space (the coast) and materiality of its landscape create a cinematic form and narrative that represents the dislocation of the self when it faces the absence left by death.…”
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CINEMATIC SABOTAGES: HITCHCOCK, TARANTINO, AND ALMODÓVAR by Stallings, Gregory Charles

“…This essay considers the theme of sabotage in Hitchcock, especially in his British film Sabotage, in terms of Manuel Asensi’s syllogistic theory. …”
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Maisie: the subject of the unconscious beyond the child by Nuñez, Valeria

“…However, the directors show, to those who do not want to keep up with the parent’s different ideas that create a trauma to the kid, the possibility of the invention of the subject-kid, that one who, according to Lacan’s terminology, stands and does what he has to do with his real. In this short essay, we will try not only to focus on the difficulties that to the kid’s psyche mean the lack of significance from the Other, but also the position the kid takes as subject of true right to have a place in the Other…”
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Terrorism versus Capitalism? Consequences for Argentina and selected Hispanic countries by Colomé, Rinaldo Antonio

“…The surprise caused by the question raised was only overcome by the result of the survey: something like 67% replied that humanity's worst enemy is capitalism and the rest, or 33%, voted for terrorism. The purpose of this essay is to analyze, in the first place, the relevance of the proposed option; second, the result of the survey and the implications regarding capitalism and; thirdly, the economic position of Argentina in relation to selected Latin American countries.…”
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Argentina versus the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas by Jacobo, Alejandro

“…First, the presentation begins by answering what the FTAA is, detailing the current situation of the negotiations for the benefit of readers unfamiliar with the agreement. Next, the essay deals with a rapid issue related to the future of protectionism in the agricultural sector, as this is also the most disappointing sector of all in terms of discussions. …”
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Considerations on a new civil liability solution by Martínez Gavier, Luis Felipe

“…"Hacia una nueva solución en materia de responsabilidad civil" is the title of his essay, published in the Boletín del Instituto de Derecho Civil (Year VII, W. 2-3). …”
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We should stop talking about Benjamin for two years. Art, technique and mass by Greco, Mauro

“…On the one hand, a presentation of famous Benjamin’s essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility” such as it can be follow in a careful lecture, paying attention to his argumentation. …”
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That intimate stranger by Viñal, Celeste

“…Extimacy is then presented in this essay as a conceptual contribution fromwhich it is possible to trace various reflections on our present time.From there and taking into account the contributions of art, it will be possible to reflect on the processes of segregation, one of the problems thatour current society is going through with a notable presence…”
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