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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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- 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 - Evaluating the Nunes Pension Reform Bill
New legislation is a step in the right direction, but more fundamental reforms are needed
Adam Summers
March 1, 2011 - Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in Local Government
Local Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny, Samuel Staley and Adam Summers
February 23, 2011 - 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 - Privatization, Outsourcing and Insourcing Trends in Federal Government
Federal Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Adam Summers, Anthony Randazzo and Leonard Gilroy
February 16, 2011 - 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 - Survey Shows Voters Are Fed Up with Excessive Federal Pay
Adam Summers
September 7, 2010, 5:35pm - Disability Pensions Are Costing Local Governments in San Bernardino County and Elsewhere
Adam Summers
August 31, 2010, 11:13pm - Schwarzenegger Plan: Borrow from Underfunded CalPERS to Patch Underfunded State Budget
Adam Summers
August 31, 2010, 7:06pm - Licensing bloggers in Philadelphia; City requires $300 business license
Adam Summers
August 24, 2010, 3:47pm - Lessons from the Bell, California Fiasco
High government salaries means soaring pension costs that taxpayers cannot afford.
Adam Summers
August 24, 2010 - Bell Isn't Only California City That Should Re-Examine Pensions, Salaries
High government salaries mean soaring pension costs that taxpayers cannot afford
Adam Summers
August 19, 2010 - Others Cities Had Better Learn From Bell, California Fiasco
Adam Summers
August 19, 2010, 11:26am - Where Did the Money Go? An Analysis of Spending and Revenue in Nebraska and Surrounding States, 2002-2008
Adam Summers, Leonard Gilroy and Lisa Snell
August 3, 2010 - Mercatus: Federal Income Taxes Would Have to More Than Double to Maintain Medicare, Social Security Benefits
Adam Summers
July 31, 2010, 10:36pm - CalPERS Responds (Inadequately) to Pension Criticism, Skirts Real Issues
Adam Summers
July 27, 2010, 4:00pm - Without Significant Reforms, Public Pensions Will Bankrupt State and Local Governments
Adam Summers
June 22, 2010, 6:56pm - San Diego Must End Delays and Implement Managed Competition Now
Adam Summers
June 22, 2010, 6:33pm - Lawyer Licensing Laws Lead to Higher Prices, Less Consumer Choice and Access to Legal Services
Adam Summers
June 12, 2010, 3:56pm - Legal System Problems and Solutions Discussed in New Book
Adam Summers
June 12, 2010, 3:18pm - Summers Talks California Public Pension Reform on John and Ken Show
Adam Summers
June 8, 2010, 11:15pm - Instant-Runoff Voting Would Be a Better Alternative Than Open Primary in California, Elsewhere
Adam Summers
June 7, 2010, 3:45pm - California Open Primary Measure Would Reduce Voter Choice, Violate Freedom of Association
Adam Summers
June 7, 2010, 2:36pm - Instant-Runoff Voting Would Be Better Alternative to Open Primary for California Voters
Proposition 14 won't cure state's political or fiscal problems
Adam Summers
June 7, 2010 - Open Primary Would Close Doors to Voter Choice and Participation
California's Proposition 14 would shut out minor political parties
Adam Summers
June 7, 2010 - Fixing California's Public Pension System
Adam Summers
June 3, 2010, 12:57pm - How to Stop Public Pensions From Bankrupting California
Adam Summers
June 3, 2010, 7:00am - How to Fix California's Public Pension Crisis
How the state's public pension system broke and how to fix it
Adam Summers
June 3, 2010 - California Governor's Revised Budget Still Lacks Needed Reforms
Adam Summers
May 14, 2010, 4:36pm - Public Employees Get Manicures, Lap Dances on the Job in L.A.
Adam Summers
May 11, 2010, 8:34pm
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