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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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- As Governments Face Bankruptcy, Study Claims Public Employees Are Underpaid
Adam Summers
May 11, 2010, 1:48pm - Comparing Private Sector and Government Worker Salaries
Public sector offers ironclad job security and greater pension benefits
Adam Summers
May 10, 2010 - Nanny Government Monitors Household Trash Bins in U.K.
Adam Summers
April 30, 2010, 11:58pm - Horse Dentists Harassed by State Licensing Boards
Adam Summers
April 30, 2010, 5:32pm - Survey: Saving for Retirement Is Not the Government's Job
Adam Summers
April 30, 2010, 4:08pm - Santa Clara County, CA Bans Happy Meal Toys
Adam Summers
April 29, 2010, 11:29pm - La Jolla to Secede from City of San Diego?
Adam Summers
April 29, 2010, 9:32pm - House Bills to Crack Down on Pentagon Waste, Government Payment Errors
Adam Summers
April 29, 2010, 6:22pm - The Compassion of Opposing Minimum Wage Laws
Adam Summers
April 28, 2010, 11:55pm - Estimating Massive Public Pension Deficits in California and Across the Nation
Adam Summers
April 7, 2010, 4:35pm - Public-Private Partnerships for Corrections in California
Bridging the gap between crisis and reform
Leonard Gilroy, Adam Summers, Anthony Randazzo and Harris Kenny
April 1, 2010 - Financial Crisis Forces California Government to Lay Off Employees
Adam Summers
March 12, 2010, 8:21pm - Why the Federal Government Is Broke (Census Edition)
Adam Summers
March 12, 2010, 7:15pm - Getting Serious About Pension Reform in Atlanta
How to fix the city's massive pension problem without tax increases
Adam Summers
March 3, 2010 - Atlanta Needs Serious Reforms to Address Public Pension Problems
Adam Summers
March 2, 2010, 3:50pm - Pew Study Pegs States' Pension Deficit at $1 Trillion
Adam Summers
February 19, 2010, 9:08pm - San Diego Should Implement Managed Competition Now to Cut Costs, Improve Services
Adam Summers
February 17, 2010, 2:03pm - Let the Private Sector Compete to Provide Public Services and Watch the Savings Roll In
Outsourcing and managed competition are proven common-sense, nonpartisan strategies for reducing costs and improving services
Leonard Gilroy and Adam Summers
February 14, 2010 - California High-Speed Rail Gets $2.25 Billion from Feds, Only $30 Billion (or $70 Billion) to Go!
Adam Summers
February 1, 2010, 10:26pm - LAO: California's High-Speed Rail Business Plan Fails to Address Financial, Risk, Timeline Shortcomings
Adam Summers
January 13, 2010, 6:38pm - California Beggin': State Seeks Billions from Federal Government
Adam Summers
December 31, 2009, 4:17pm - Online Retailers Fight Back Against Attempts to Tax Internet Sales
Adam Summers
December 30, 2009, 11:42pm - British Taxpayers Face £2.2 trillion ($3.5 trillion) Unfunded Pension Liability
Adam Summers
December 30, 2009, 10:51pm - Montana Contracts with Firm to Provide e-Permitting Services
Adam Summers
December 30, 2009, 10:04pm - Savings for San Diego
Outsourcing to Reduce Costs and Improve Services
Leonard Gilroy and Adam Summers
December 10, 2009 - Vehicle Fleet Maintenance/Management Outsourcing Opportunities
How San Diego and other cities can reduce the costs of vehicle fleet maintenance and management services
Leonard Gilroy, Anthony Randazzo and Adam Summers
December 10, 2009 - Building Maintenance and Management Outsourcing Opportunities
How San Diego and other cities can reduce the costs of facility management
Leonard Gilroy and Adam Summers
December 10, 2009 - California Needs to Stop Defined-Benefit Pensions
Government’s pension obligations are a looming disaster that can be eased by 401(k)-style retirement plans
Adam Summers
December 7, 2009 - California Voters Were Railroaded by High-Speed Rail Proposal
Adam Summers
December 4, 2009, 3:48pm - California Voters Were Railroaded on High-Speed Rail
Wildly inaccurate ridership predictions could cost taxpayers billions
Adam Summers
December 2, 2009 - Ayn Rand on the Economic Crisis
Adam Summers
November 9, 2009, 12:51pm - Gun-Control Laws Fail to Prevent Gun Crimes in England; Ayn Rand on Self-Defense
Adam Summers
November 5, 2009, 7:17pm - CA Treasurer Says Public Pensions Will 'Bankrupt' State
Adam Summers
November 4, 2009, 8:29pm - In Honor of Ayn Rand: Alan Greenspan on the Gold Standard and Economic Freedom (1966)
Adam Summers
November 2, 2009, 2:12pm - Rep. Ron Paul's Bill to Audit the Federal Reserve 'Gutted' in Committee
Adam Summers
November 2, 2009, 2:03pm - Anti-Privatization Pacheco Law Continues to Hamstring Massachusetts Budget
Adam Summers
October 28, 2009, 11:35pm - San Diego County to Outsource 200 Health Service Jobs
Adam Summers
October 27, 2009, 11:33pm - San Diego Needs Pension Reform, Managed Competition to Address Fiscal Problems
Adam Summers
October 21, 2009, 8:54pm - Rising Pension Costs, Falling Revenues Lead to a $179 Million Budget Deficit in San Diego
Adam Summers
October 19, 2009 - Don't Blame Voters for California's Budget Woes
Big spending pols falsely claim citizen ballot initiatives have tied their hands
Shikha Dalmia, Adam Summers and Adrian Moore
October 9, 2009 - The Free Market, Not Government Net Neutrality Mandates, Will Best Serve Consumers
Adam Summers
October 1, 2009, 7:29pm - Novato, CA Sanitary Board Privatizes Wastewater Treatment Plant
Adam Summers
September 30, 2009, 5:50pm - Economy, Bureaucracy, Minimum Wage Hikes Sink Federal Teen Jobs Program
Adam Summers
September 29, 2009, 9:51pm - California Unemployment Rate Rises to 12.2%; State Must Improve Business Climate to Combat Unemployment, Budget Problems
Adam Summers
September 26, 2009, 11:44pm - Occupational Licensing and the Beard Trimming Turf War in Texas
Adam Summers
September 24, 2009, 6:25pm - Public Pensions Threaten Solvency of Local Government in California
Adam Summers
September 23, 2009, 7:51pm - San Diego Pension Board Rejects Accounting Changes, Avoids Repeating Past Mistakes
Adam Summers
September 22, 2009, 6:49pm - Public Pension Problems Mount for Local CA Governments
Lawmakers fail to make necessary reforms as unfunded liabilities continue to grow throughout the state
Adam Summers
September 22, 2009 - George Will Details Problems with California's State Government
Adam Summers
September 19, 2009, 11:49pm - State Licensing Mandates for Movers in Illinois Increase Prices, Reduce Job Opportunities
Adam Summers
September 16, 2009, 11:21pm
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