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
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.
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Unsafe Conditions Required Swift Changes at Alaska Psychiatric Institute
"Noncompliance has placed the health and safety of recipients in its care at risk for serious injury, serious harm, serious impairment or death."
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California State Senator John M.W. Moorlach on Results-Oriented Government
Moorlach on how local and state governments can deal with unfunded pension liabilities, spending, debt, outsourcing and more.
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Using Tolling and Public-Private Partnerships to Finance Louisiana’s Roadways
Tolling is the most ideal user fee because there is a direct link between the toll and the specific road infrastructure used.
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Health Care Problems in Prisons Won’t Go Away If Government Stops Using Private Providers
The problems and difficulties of administering health care services to over two million inmates in U.S. jails and prisons.
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Study Claims, Without Showing Data, Michigan Spent $90 Million More By Using Road Work Contractors
The study's flawed methodology, lack of transparency and available data raise serious questions about its cost comparison claims.
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Washington’s HB 1521 Risks Reducing Competition and the Quality of Services Provided to Taxpayers
The bill contains provisions that would undo the progress Washington’s competitive sourcing program has made.