Leonard Gilroy, Adam Summers, Author at Reason Foundation

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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Building Maintenance and Management Outsourcing Opportunities

How San Diego and other cities can reduce the costs of facility management

Policy Brief by Leonard Gilroy and Adam Summers December 10, 2009
California’s May 2009 Special Election

Analyzing the Propositions and Offering Alternatives for Real Reform
Policy Brief 79

Policy Brief by Adam Summers May 14, 2009
Avoiding an American Lost Decade

Lessons from Japan's Bubble and Recession

Policy Study by Anthony Randazzo, Michael Flynn and Adam Summers February 20, 2009
California’s Spending by the Numbers

A Historic Look at State Spending from Gov. Pete Wilson to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Policy Study by Adam Summers February 18, 2009
Analysis of California’s Propositions 8: Limits on Marriage

Policy Brief 76

Policy Brief by Adam Summers October 1, 2008
Drowning in Debt: Bond Measures Threaten California’s Already Precarious Debt Situation

Policy Brief 73

Policy Brief by Adam Summers and Anthony Randazzo October 1, 2008
Streamlining San Diego

Achieving Taxpayer Savings and Government Reforms Through Managed Competition

Policy Study by Geoffrey Segal, Adam Summers, Leonard Gilroy and W. Erik Bruvold September 1, 2007
Occupational Licensing: Ranking the States and Exploring Alternatives

Policy Study 361

Policy Study by Adam Summers August 1, 2007
Propositions 1E and 84

Funding the State's Water and Flood Control Infrastructure

Policy Brief by Skaidra Smith-Heisters and Adam Summers September 1, 2006
Addressing California’s Affordable Housing Shortage

Alternatives to Proposition 1C

Policy Brief by Leonard Gilroy, Adam Summers and Samuel Staley September 1, 2006
Undermining the Future

Problems with November's Bond Initiatives, and Alternatives

Policy Brief by Adrian Moore, George Passantino and Adam Summers September 1, 2006
Addressing California’s Transportation Needs

Problems with Proposition 1B and Alternative Approaches

Policy Study by Ted Balaker, Adrian Moore, George Passantino, Robert Poole, Adam Summers and Lanlan Wang September 1, 2006
Detailing Foreign Management of US Infrastructure

Policy Brief by Leonard Gilroy and Adam Summers March 1, 2006
The Sky Isn’t Falling in Colorado

Proven Strategies for Budget

Policy Brief by Geoffrey Segal and Adam Summers October 1, 2005
The Gathering Pension Storm

How Government Pension Plans are Breaking the Bank and Strategies for Reform

Policy Study by George Passantino and Adam Summers June 16, 2005
Funding the National Park System

Improving Services and Accountability with User Fees

Policy Study by Adam Summers April 1, 2005
Priority Colorado

Balancing the Budget While Preserving TABOR and Colorado's

Policy Study by Geoffrey Segal, George Passantino, Adam Summers, Lisa Snell and Tarren R. Bragdon February 1, 2005
Affordable Housing in Monterrey County

Analyzing the General Plan Update and Applied Development Economics Report

Policy Study by Benjamin Powell, Edward Stringham and Adam Summers August 1, 2004

Adam Summers

Senior Policy Analyst, Reason Foundation