ABSTRACT
John R. Common left Madison in November 1936 and drove to a trailer park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. When they arrived, the friendly "trailer folk" revived his spirits, and he thought of working again—teaching a course on values and valuation and writing a book that would respond to the criticism of Institutional Economics. Martin Glaeser, a former student and colleague, now chief economist for the Tennessee Valley Authority, invited John R. to stop over during one of his annual trips South. The visit became the occasion for an article in the Survey Graphic, a page in the ultimate book—and John R'.s first airplane ride. John R'.s practice of writing book reviews and papers that circulated only among students and friends were stopped. On the afternoon of May 10, John R. suffered a stroke and lapsed into unconsciousness. He never regained consciousness, and he died the next day on May 11, 1945.
