Austill Stuart
Director of Privatization and Government Reform, Reason Foundation
Austill Stuart is the director of privatization and government reform at Reason Foundation.
Prior to joining Reason, Stuart worked in a variety of settings, including at non-profits, on Capitol Hill, and in fundraising. Before moving to the D.C. area in early 2009, he worked for five years in the financial services industry.
Stuart earned his B.S. in economics from Auburn University and M.A. in economics at George Mason University.
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Kansas Audit Offers Flawed Comparative Financing Analysis for Prison Replacement
Key questionable assumptions undermine report's findings.
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Kansas Audit Offers Flawed Comparative Financing Analysis for Prison Replacement
Key questionable assumptions undermine report's findings
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Proposed Bill Offers Hope for Louisiana State Parks’ Severe Funding Challenges
Louisiana, a state which faces difficult finances, has absorbed $12 million of the department's cuts to its Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism. Recent legislation offers a potential solution to Louisiana state parks' funding woes.
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Proposed Pennsylvania DOC Contracting Tax Could Undermine, Not Help, Recidivism Reduction
Tax could divert resources from current efforts aimed at reducing recidivism, increase costs to taxpayers.
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Unions Try to Make It Harder for Local Governments to Make Pension Payments
As unfunded pension liabilities mount, California’s cities and counties are bracing for the additional contributions they’ll have to make to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System.
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Private Prisons are Helping California and Can Be Used to Reduce Prison Population
Government contracts with private prisons are evolving and starting to connect payments to prisons to recidivism rates.
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