Anthony Downs

Background

Downs, Anthony was born on November 21, 1930 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of James Chesterfield and Florence Glassbrook (Finn) Downs.

Education

Bachelor, Carleton College, 1952. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Carleton College, 2002. Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1956.

Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1956.

Career

With, Real Estate Research Corporation, Chicago, 1959-1977; Chairman, Board Of Directors, Real Estate Research Corporation, 1973-1977; assistant professor economics and political science, University of Chicago, 1959-1962; economics consultant, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1963-1965; senior fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, since 1977. Board directors Urban Institute, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, 1975-1980, Pittway Corporation, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal and Ednl. Defense Fund., Inc., Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Bedford Property Investors, NHP Foundation, Inc., General Growth Properties, Inc., Essex Property Trust, Inc., Penton Media, Inc.

Member National Commision on Urban Problems, 1967-1968, Advisory Commision on RegulatoryBarriers to Affordable Housing, 1990-1991. Member of advisory board Institute for Research on Poverty, 1970-1978. Board directors Rush Presbyterian St Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, 1970-1977.

Achievements

• Anthony Downs has been listed as a noteworthy Urban economist, real estate consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Niagara of Capital: How Global Capital Has Transformed Housing and Real Estate Markets

    (Niagara of Capital: How Global Capital has Transformed Ho...)

  • New Visions for Metropolitan America

    ( In this volume, the author analyzes the problems of urb...)

  • Real Estate and the Financial Crisis: How Turmoil in the Capital Markets is Restructuring Real Estate Finance

    ( Explaining that the current financial crisis began with...)

  • Urban Affairs and Urban Policy (Anthony Downs Essays) (v. 2)

    (This volume contains the most significant and still timel...)

  • Opening up the Suburbs: An Urban Strategy for America

    ( In this fast-paced, fact-filled short book, Anthony Dow...)

  • Sprawl Costs: Economic Impacts of Unchecked Development

    ( The environmental impacts of sprawling development have...)

  • Opening Up the Suburbs: Urban Strategy for America

    (Urban studies, economics, sociology, and political scienc...)

  • Political Theory and Public Choice (Downs, Anthony. Essays. V. 1.) (Anthony Downs Essays)

    (This volume contains a selection of Anthony Downs' essays...)

  • Urban Decline and the Future of American Cities

    ( During the past two decades, most large American cities...)

  • Still Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion (James A. Johnson Metro Series)

    ( Congested roads waste commuters' time, cost them money,...)

  • Inside Bureaucracy

    (Bureaus are among the most important institutions in ever...)

  • An Economic Theory of Democracy

    ("having given party politics a cent5ral place in his thou...)

  • Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion

    ( Peak-hour traffic congestion has become a major problem...)

  • Urban problems and prospects (Markham series in public policy analysis)

    (Book by Downs, Anthony)

  • Rental Housing in the 1980s

    (Book by Downs, Anthony)

  • Opening Up the Suburbs an Urban Strategy
  • Sprawl Costs: Economic Impacts of Unchecked Development 3rd edition by Robert Burchell, Anthony Downs, Sahan Mukherji, Barbara McCa (2005) Paperback
  • Still Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion (James A. Johnson Metro Series) by Anthony Downs (2004-05-21)
  • Federal Housing Subsidies: How are They Working? (Lexington Books)
  • Sprawl Costs: Economic Impacts of Unchecked Development: 1st (First) Edition
  • The Costs of Sprawl-Revisited (Report (Transit Cooperative Research Program), 39.)
  • New Visions for Metropolitan America by Anthony Downs (1994-12-01)
  • Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion by Anthony Downs (1992-06-01)
  • Real Estate and the Financial Crisis: How Turmoil in the Capital Markets is Restructuring Real Estate Finance
  • An Economic Theory of Democracy by Anthony Downs (1957-05-03)
  • Opening Up the Suburbs: Urban Strategy for America by Anthony Downs (1973-10-26)
  • Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion Paperback - June 1, 1992
  • The Selected Essays of Anthony Downs: Urban Affairs and Urban Policy v. 2 (Edward Elgar Monographs) by Anthony Downs (1998-05-27)
  • Urban Affairs and Urban Policy (Anthony Downs Essays) (v. 2) by Anthony Downs (1998-07-03)
  • Neighborhoods and Urban Development
  • Inside Bureaucracy by Downs, Anthony(November 1, 1993) Paperback
  • Political Theory and Public Choice (Downs, Anthony. Essays. V. 1.) (Anthony Downs Essays) by Anthony Downs (1998-07-31)
  • An Economic Theory of Democracy 1st edition by Downs, Anthony (1957) Paperback
  • Urban Decline and the Future of American Cities

Membership

Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1956-1959. Member American Economic Association, American Society Real Estate Counselors, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Urban Land Institute, National Academy Public Administration, Anglo American Real Property Institute, Phi Beta Kappa, Lambda Alpha.

Connections

Married Katherine Watson, April 7, 1956 (dec.May 27, 1998). Children: Katherine, Christine, Tony, Paul, Carol. Married Darian Olsen, November 6, 1999.

Father:

James Chesterfield Downs

Mother:

Florence Glassbrook (Finn) Downs

Spouse:

Katherine Watson

Spouse:

Darian Olsen

child:

Christine Downs

child:

Tony Downs

child:

Paul Downs

child:

Katherine Downs

child:

Carol Downs