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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Wisconsin, Unions, and Collective Bargaining

Commentary by Adam Summers March 27, 2011
CA Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher Co-Authors Budget Reform Bill

Commentary by Adam Summers March 27, 2011
Warren Buffett on Public Pensions

Commentary by Adam Summers March 26, 2011
Evaluating the Nunes Pension Reform Bill

New legislation is a step in the right direction, but more fundamental reforms are needed

Commentary by Adam Summers March 1, 2011
Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in Local Government

Local Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010

Policy Brief by Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny, Samuel Staley and Adam Summers February 23, 2011
Wisconsin Battle with Public Employees a Sign of Things to Come

Commentary by Adam Summers February 18, 2011
New at Reason: Review of Federal Privatization Issues in 2010 and Today

Commentary by Adam Summers February 16, 2011
Privatization, Outsourcing and Insourcing Trends in Federal Government

Federal Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010

Policy Brief by Adam Summers, Anthony Randazzo and Leonard Gilroy February 16, 2011
L.A. Chamber of Commerce Calls for Pension, Health Care Benefits Reform

Commentary by Adam Summers February 15, 2011
NASA to Offer Kennedy Space Center Facilities to Private Aerospace Companies

Commentary by Adam Summers February 6, 2011
Group Seeks to End Collective Bargaining for Public Employees in California

Commentary by Adam Summers February 6, 2011
Should Government Employees Receive Different Retirement Benefits Than Private Workers?

Commentary by Adam Summers January 14, 2011
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Gov. Jerry Brown’s California Budget Proposal

Commentary by Adam Summers January 11, 2011
McCain Details Omnibus Pork on Senate Floor

Commentary by Adam Summers December 15, 2010
Significant Reform Needed to Address California’s Public Pension Burden

Commentary by Adam Summers December 7, 2010
California Budget Deficit Already Back Up to $25.4 Billion

Commentary by Adam Summers November 11, 2010
Voters Must Decide on the Proper Role of Government

Commentary by Adam Summers November 2, 2010
California’s Prop 21: Tax Cars to Pay for Parks?

Commentary by Adam Summers and Harris Kenny November 2, 2010

Adam Summers

Senior Policy Analyst, Reason Foundation