What is Anthony Downs?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Anthony Downs | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|11|21}} | birth_place = [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]], [[Illinois]]<ref name=biog/> | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|2|1930|11|21}} | death_place = [[Bethesda, Maryland]] | nationality = [[United States]] | field = [[Public economics]]<br>[[Political sciences]] | alma_mater = [[Carleton College]]<br/>[[Stanford University]] | influences = [[Joseph Schumpeter]]<br>Julius Margolis<br>[[Kenneth Arrow]] | influenced = [[Duncan Black]] | contributions = | awards = | signature = <!-- file name only --> | repec_id = }} '''Anthony Downs''' ({{IPAc-en|d|aʊ|n|z}}; November 21, 1930 &ndash; October 2, 2021) was an [[Americans|American]] [[economist]]. He specialized in [[public policy]] and [[public administration]]. He was a senior fellow at the [[Brookings Institution]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], beginning in 1977.<ref name=biog>{{cite book|editor1-last=Wigfall|editor1-first=Patricia Moss|editor2-last=Kalantari|editor2-first=Behrooz|title=Biographical Dictionary of Public Administration|date=2001|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group|Greenwood]]|location=[[Westport, CT]]|isbn=978-0313302039|pages=25–27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QIfIo8zSnBIC&pg=PA25 }}</ref> Before 1977, Downs served for 18 years a member and then Chairman of Real Estate Research Corporation. He also was a Senior Analyst at the [[RAND Corporation]] and a professor at the [[University of Chicago]]. Downs died on October 2, 2021 in [[Bethesda, Maryland]] at the age of 90.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tribute Archive Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information|url=https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/22651572/anthony-downs|access-date=October 20, 2021|website=www.tributearchive.com|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Downs, Anthony}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2021 deat