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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Privatization Doesn’t Orphan Public Pension Systems
Members leaving a pension plan add nothing to a plan’s unfunded liabilities since no additional pension “liability” can accrue for work not undertaken.
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Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter (Issue 35, October 2018 Edition)
Pittsburgh considers private utility bid for water system, Florida county rejects library privatization, D.C. Metro privatizes bus garage, and more.
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Critique of Maryland Congestion-Relief Plan Rests on Very Bad Logic
It’s time Maryland got serious about tapping the private sector for better highways.
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California’s DMV Problems Require Change, Major Overhaul, not More Money
The DMV is a long-running punchline. It's time to change.
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Investor Interest in “Pay for Success” Encouraging, Despite Early Setbacks
Though the PFS movement will see continued challenges, citizens shouldn’t lose track of the improvements the programs make.
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Annual Privatization Report 2018 — Surface Transportation
An analysis of worldwide developments in surface transportation public-private partnerships.
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Georgia’s First Contract City Continues to Innovate Private Service Delivery
An interview with Sandy Springs City Manager John McDonough on startup cities, public-private partnerships, and metrics for delivering services to taxpayers.
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Privatization and Government Reform Newsletter (Issue 34, June 2018 Edition)
Highway finance and public-private partnerships, pension problems in Austin, housing the homeless, managing municipal golf courses and more.
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Improving Detroit’s Public Golf Courses Demands Longer-Term Solutions
Allowing long-term, multi-course lease arrangements is how Detroit can save and improve its golf courses.