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Adam Summers
Senior Policy Analyst
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Adam Summers is a senior policy analyst at Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank advancing free minds and free markets. He has written extensively on privatization, government reform, law and economics, and various other political and economic topics.
Summers' articles have been published by the Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Baltimore Sun, and numerous others.
Summers earned an M.A. in Economics from George Mason University and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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- Reform California’s Tax System to Boost Economy
Adam Summers
February 13, 2013, 6:26pm - New Reason Study Calls for California Tax Reform
Adam Summers
January 30, 2013, 2:04pm - California Shouldn't Raise Minimum Wage
Adam Summers
January 28, 2013, 2:31pm - Is California Still Going to the Dogs on Pet Groomer Licensing?
Adam Summers
July 10, 2012, 2:41pm - "There's Always Next Year" for a Sound California Budget
Adam Summers
June 26, 2012, 1:58pm - Being Taken for a Ride on High-Speed Rail in California
Adam Summers
April 27, 2012, 4:21pm - Privatization-Not Junk Mail-Is Needed to Reform the U.S. Postal Service
Adam Summers
March 23, 2012, 2:59pm - California is Barking Up the Wrong Tree with Pet Groomer Licensing Bill
Adam Summers
February 27, 2012, 2:10pm - California Bill Proposes Licensing for Pet Groomers
Adam Summers
February 3, 2012, 5:14pm - Jerry Brown Continues to Push High-Speed Rail Boondoggle while California Drowns in Debt
Adam Summers
January 27, 2012, 2:59pm - South Carolina: The State that Booed the Golden Rule
Adam Summers
January 23, 2012, 6:44pm - Surprise, Surprise, California Gov. Jerry Brown Calls for More Tax Increases
Adam Summers
December 6, 2011, 6:07pm - California Public Employees Unions Not Serious About Pension Reform
Adam Summers
October 13, 2011, 6:05pm - California Revenues Already Well Behind Projections, Signals Possible Automatic Budget Cuts
Adam Summers
October 12, 2011, 6:29pm - Latest California Insanity: Regulating Babysitters
Adam Summers
September 3, 2011, 3:35pm - The Virtue of Not Compromising (on Liberty)
Adam Summers
August 31, 2011, 10:16pm - College Students Don't Care for Grade Point Average Socialism
Adam Summers
August 31, 2011, 9:35pm - Where Have All the Millionaires Gone?
Adam Summers
August 30, 2011, 10:03pm - Happy Cost of Government Day, California!
Adam Summers
August 22, 2011, 2:32am - Fiat Money Turns 40: It's Time to Return to a Gold Standard
Adam Summers
August 15, 2011, 8:18pm - Happy Tax Freedom Day, California!
Adam Summers
April 16, 2011, 7:35pm - California High-Speed Rail: Next Stop, Bankruptcy
Adam Summers
April 4, 2011, 3:31am - Summers on Public Pay and Pensions in Minnesota and Elsewhere
Adam Summers
March 31, 2011, 3:59pm - Amtrak CEO Takes Car to Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony After Train Breaks Down
Adam Summers
March 30, 2011, 11:49pm - Fortune-Tellers in Salem, Mass. Didn't Foresee Greater Competition from Lifting Licensing Restrictions
Adam Summers
March 30, 2011, 6:46pm - Little Hoover Commission Report Paints Dire Picture of California Public Pensions
Adam Summers
March 30, 2011, 3:39pm - Wisconsin, Unions, and Collective Bargaining
Adam Summers
March 27, 2011, 11:57pm - CA Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher Co-Authors Budget Reform Bill
Adam Summers
March 27, 2011, 10:24pm - Warren Buffett on Public Pensions
Adam Summers
March 26, 2011, 4:52am - Wisconsin Battle with Public Employees a Sign of Things to Come
Adam Summers
February 18, 2011, 3:55pm - New at Reason: Review of Federal Privatization Issues in 2010 and Today
Adam Summers
February 16, 2011, 3:04pm - L.A. Chamber of Commerce Calls for Pension, Health Care Benefits Reform
Adam Summers
February 15, 2011, 11:19pm - NASA to Offer Kennedy Space Center Facilities to Private Aerospace Companies
Adam Summers
February 6, 2011, 11:58pm - Group Seeks to End Collective Bargaining for Public Employees in California
Adam Summers
February 6, 2011, 5:33pm - Should Government Employees Receive Different Retirement Benefits Than Private Workers?
Adam Summers
January 14, 2011, 2:55pm - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Gov. Jerry Brown's California Budget Proposal
Adam Summers
January 11, 2011, 5:30pm - McCain Details Omnibus Pork on Senate Floor
Adam Summers
December 15, 2010, 9:08pm - Significant Reform Needed to Address California's Public Pension Burden
Adam Summers
December 7, 2010, 2:02pm - California Budget Deficit Already Back Up to $25.4 Billion
Adam Summers
November 11, 2010, 1:10pm - Voters Must Decide on the Proper Role of Government
Adam Summers
November 2, 2010, 2:54pm - California's Prop 21: Tax Cars to Pay for Parks?
Adam Summers and Harris Kenny
November 2, 2010, 10:15am - California's Prop 23 Offers Voters Choice: Green Lobby or Economic Activity
Adam Summers
November 1, 2010, 4:29pm - San Diego Prop D Promises Reforms, But Only if Taxpayers Cough Up Hundreds of Millions in Taxes
Adam Summers
October 31, 2010, 11:58pm - Another Study Claims Government Workers Are Undercompensated
Adam Summers
October 31, 2010, 9:42pm - California Props 20 & 27: Redistricting, Round 2
Adam Summers
October 31, 2010, 2:19pm - Study: California Faces $379 Billion Retirement Liability
Adam Summers
October 6, 2010, 11:06pm - Report Details Excessive Public Pensions in San Diego
Adam Summers
October 4, 2010, 6:39pm - San Diego Managed Competition Guide is Unfair and Unworkable
Adam Summers
September 27, 2010, 6:29pm - Top 20 California Bills to Veto List Released
Adam Summers
September 16, 2010, 1:12pm - Minnesota Court to Rule on Public Pension Cuts
Adam Summers
September 15, 2010, 6:34pm