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 directors, 1973-1977. Assistant professor economics and political science University Chicago, 1959-1962. Economic consultant Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1963-1965.

Senior fellow Brookings Institution, Washington, since 1977. Visiting fellow Public Policy Institute of California, 2004. Board directors National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal and Educational Defense Fund., Inc., General Growth Properties.

Member National Commission on Urban Problems, 1967—1968, Advisory Commission on Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing, 1990—1991. Advisory board Institute for Research on Poverty, 1970—1978.

Achievements

• Lambda Alpha; American Economic Association, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. National Academy Public Administration.

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...)

  • 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)

    ("Multinational Enterprise and Public Policy" is an analys...)

  • Sprawl Costs: Economic Impacts of Unchecked Development

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

  • Sprawl Costs: Economic Impacts of Unchecked Development

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

  • Opening up the Suburbs: An 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...)

  • Real Estate & Financial Crisis (09) by Downs, Anthony - Institute, Urban Land [Paperback (2009)]
  • Still Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion (James A. Johnson Metro Series)

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

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

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

  • An Economic Theory of Democracy

    ("having given party politics a cent5ral p[lace in his tho...)

  • Inside Bureaucracy

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

  • 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)

  • The Revolution in Real Estate Finance

    (Book by Downs, Anthony)

  • Governing Texas (Second Edition) (Newest Edition)

    ( Understand. Compare. Assess. With an accessible text,...)

  • Governing Texas (Second Edition) (Newest Edition)

    ( Understand. Compare. Assess. With an accessible text,...)

  • Inside Bureaucracy [A Rand Corporation Research Study]
  • Inside Bureaucracy -- First 1st Printing
  • Opening up the Suburbs: An Urban Strategy for America by Downs Anthony (1975-04-01) Paperback
  • Opening Up the Suburbs an Urban Strategy
  • Opening Up the Suburbs an Urban Strategy Fro America
  • Neighborhoods and Urban Development
  • Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion Paperback - June 1, 1992
  • Real Estate and the Financial Crisis: How Turmoil in the Capital Markets is Restructuring Real Estate Finance
  • Real Estate and the Financial Crisis: How Turmoil in the Capital Markets is Restructuring Real Estate Finance by Downs, Anthony, Urban Land Institute (2009) Paperback
  • Urban Decline and the Future of American Cities
  • An Economic Theory of Democracy 1st edition by Downs, Anthony (1957) Paperback
  • Federal housing subsidies: how are they working?
  • Federal housing subsidies: Their nature and effectiveness and what we should do about them : summary report (NAHB library)
  • Key relationships between urban development and neighborhood change
  • The Costs of Sprawl-Revisited (Report (Transit Cooperative Research Program), 39.)
  • Sprawl Costs: Economic Impacts of Unchecked Development 3rd edition by Robert Burchell, Anthony Downs, Sahan Mukherji, Barbara McCa (2005) Paperback
  • Sprawl Costs: Economic Impacts of Unchecked Development: 1st (First) Edition
  • The Costs of Sprawl-Revisited (Report (Transit Cooperative Research Program), 39.)
  • Sprawl Costs: Economic Impacts of Unchecked Development 3rd edition by Robert Burchell, Anthony Downs, Sahan Mukherji, Barbara McCa (2005) Paperback
  • Sprawl Costs: Economic Impacts of Unchecked Development: 1st (First) Edition
  • An economic theory of government decision-making in a democracy
  • Urban Problems and Prospects
  • Satellite town development in China: Problems and prospects (Working paper / University of Hong Kong. Centre of Urban Studies & Urban Planning)

• Other Work

  • Author: An Economic Theory of Democracy, 1957, Inside Bureaucracy, 1967, Urban Problems and Prospects, 1970, second edition, 1976, Opening Up the Suburbs, 1973, Federal Housing Subsidies, 1973, Racism in American, 1970, Neighborhoods and Urban Development, 1981, Rental Housing in the 1980s, 1983, The Revolution in Real Estate Finance, 1985, Stuck in Traffic, 1992, New Visions for Metropolitan American, 1994, A Re-Evaluation of Residential Rent Control, 1996, Political Theory and Public Choice, 1998, Urban Affairs and Urban Policy, 1998, Still Stuck in Traffic, 2004, The Niagara of Capital, 2007, Real Estate and the Financial Crisis, 2009. Co-author: Urban Decline and the Future of the American Cities, 1982, Costs of Sprawl, 2000, 2003, Sprawl Costs, 2005. Co-editor: Do Housing Allowances Work, 1981, Energy Costs, Urban Development and Housing, 1984.
    
    Editor: Growth Management and Affordable Houring: Do they Conflict.

Views

Application of economic analysis to political theory concerning democratic political parties and bureaucratic organisations, including analysis of impacts of uncertainty and ignorance. Analysis of racial segregation in United States cities, its causes and effects. Analysis of dynamics of urban development as related to neighbourhood change and falling population in large United States cities.

Analysis of real-estate capital flows.

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:

Katherine Downs

child:

Christine Downs

child:

Tony Downs

child:

Paul Downs

child:

Carol Downs