Austill Stuart
Policy Analyst, Reason Foundation
Austill Stuart is a policy analyst at Reason Foundation, a non-profit think tank advancing free minds and free markets.
Prior to joining Reason, Austill worked with policy in a variety of settings-nonprofits, on Capitol Hill, and in fundraising-where areas of focus included small business regulation, privatization, health care, and labor. Before moving to the D.C. area in early 2009, he worked for five years in the financial services industry, mostly in wealth management.
Austill earned his M.A. in Economics at George Mason University and his B.A. in Economics from Auburn University.
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Annual Privatization Report 2019: State Government
Updates on how states are using public-private partnerships in infrastructure, higher education, health care, and more.
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Municipalities Use Public-Private Partnerships to Replace Aging Water Systems
Private sector expertise is going to be needed to play a key role in replacing and expanding America’s water infrastructure while keeping rates affordable for customers.
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Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter (Issue 38, September 2019 Edition)
Paying for water and wastewater projects, Denver’s hasty halfway houses decision, and more.
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Ending Halfway House and Corrections Contracts Without a Backup Plan Is a Bad Deal For All
The Denver City Council’s focus should be on helping people get the skills and training they need to successfully re-enter society and stay out of jail rather than its focus on whose name is on the facilities.
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Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter (Issue 37, July 2019 Edition)
Financing major infrastructure projects, reconfiguring NASA to better utilize the private sector, parking in Nashville, technology in California and more.
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Nashville Paused Its Private Parking Deal, But the Problems Remain
Facing political pressure, Nashville Mayor David Briley pulled a proposed $325 million deal with LAZ Parking to expand, finance, operate, and upgrade the city’s street parking.
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Annual Privatization Report 2019
Examining privatization and government reform efforts at all levels of government.
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Pair of Bills Would Modernize North Carolina’s Alcohol Laws
Most southern states have abandoned their initial post-Prohibition regulatory regimes.
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Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter (Issue 36, April 2019 Edition)
Eliminating private providers won’t improve prison health care services, Puerto Rico needs financial transparency before infrastructure rebuild, and more.