Anthony Downs

1930–2021

1 standalone book

James Anthony Downs (1930–2021) was an American economist specializing in public policy and public administration, with research on political choice theory, rent control, affordable housing, and transportation economics. He wrote a number of books, including An Economic Theory of Democracy (1957) and Inside Bureaucracy (1967), which strongly influenced the public choice school of political economy. His 1962 "Law of Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion" predicted that expanding expressways would not reduce congestion because demand would rise as well.

Born
1930

Books by Anthony Downs

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    An Economic Theory of Democracy

    1997

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