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Anthony Downs

1930 - 2021

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Anthony Downs (November 21, 1930 – October 2, 2021) was an American economist specializing in public policy and public administration. His research focuses included 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 have been major influences on the public choice school of political economy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Downs has received more than 201,184 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Downs is the 287th most popular economist (up from 316th in 2019), the 6,045th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,111th in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Economist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Anthony Downs by language

Over the past year Anthony Downs has had the most page views in the with 15,183 views, followed by German (2,383), and Chinese (2,241). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (58.24%), Egyptian Arabic (55.76%), and Simple English (24.56%)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Anthony Downs ranks 287 out of 414. Before him are Paul Sweezy, William Phillips, Wesley Clair Mitchell, Gordon Tullock, Herman Daly, and Max O. Lorenz. After him are Ragnar Nurkse, Diego Abad de Santillán, Seth Godin, Jesús Huerta de Soto, Zbigniew Messner, and Ludwig Lachmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Anthony Downs ranks 353. Before him are Jeannette Altwegg, Heinz Kubsch, Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Stephen Fumio Hamao, Owen Garriott, and Chris Barber. After him are Tommy Flanagan, Jacques Tits, Donald Moffat, Luis de Pablo, Darío Jara Saguier, and Magomedali Magomedov. Among people deceased in 2021, Anthony Downs ranks 341. Before him are Aurelio Galfetti, Arturo Armando Molina, Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Art LaFleur, Clément Mouamba, and Chris Barber. After him are Lee Aaker, Håkon Brusveen, Joël Robert, Sebastian Koto Khoarai, Mari Törőcsik, and Jüri Tamm.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anthony Downs ranks 6,045 out of 20,380. Before him are Stan Hansen (1949), Lupe Ontiveros (1942), Ben Sharpsteen (1895), Willie Colón (1950), W. C. Handy (1873), and Al Corley (1956). After him are Justin Gatlin (1982), Roger McGuinn (1942), Jack Northrop (1895), Nicky Hayden (1981), Anna Harrison (1775), and David A. Huffman (1925).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Anthony Downs ranks 95. Before him are Arthur Laffer (1940), Paul Sweezy (1910), Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874), Gordon Tullock (1922), Herman Daly (1938), and Max O. Lorenz (1876). After him are Seth Godin (1960), Michael Kremer (1964), Deirdre McCloskey (1942), David Landes (1924), Charles P. Kindleberger (1910), and Anna Schwartz (1915).

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