LA HERENCIA DEL SABER.
Conversación con Enrique Semo
Esthela Gutiérrez Garza

Le angustia escribir, porque siempre que lee un texto después de publicado, siente que pudo ser mejor; le apasionan los datos, no para almacenarlos simplemente, sino para interpretarlos; tiene ante sí muchas preguntas, no tanto las que se hace a sí mismo, como las que hereda; considera que el intelectual debe sentir una necesidad avasalladora de tomar posición ante los hechos de su tiempo… Así se van desgranando en esta entrevista la personalidad y las pasiones de un hombre cuya mejor herencia es el pensamiento.

THE LEGACY OF KNOWLEDGE.
A conversation with Enrique Semo
Esthela Gutierrez Garza

Writing causes him anxiety because when he reads a publication of his work he feels it could have been improved; he is passionate about gathering data, not only for storage, but for the purpose of interpreting them. He faces many questions, not only those he makes himself, but those he inherits; he feels that intellectuals should feel an overwhelming need to take a stand regarding the developments of their times… It is thus that this interview gradually unfolds the personality and passions of a man whose best legacy is the thought.

the Mexican garment industry in terms of its relation with the global trend and a growing adoption of informal economy approaches by entrepreneurs and workers. The author further ventures a number of useful suggestions to develop a more appropriate concept of this “informality.”