Teaching at Roosevelt

Teaching a class on the Economics of Public Policy to Public Administration graduate students from the People’s Republic of China.

• Balkin at the blackboard – the food on the desk is brought by and for the students.
• Class portrait on the last day of class – leaders of the next super power.

Visiting the New Maxwell Street Market to learn neighborhood change and outdoor markets.

• Hearing a lecture by author Carolyn Eastwood
• Meeting Bluesman, activist, and button salesman Clarence ‘Little Scotty’ Scott
• Tasting Elotes
• Holding umbrellas to keep cool from the hot sun
• Finding a good deal on a microwave — and it worked