Austin Szabo

Austin Kabbaz Szabo is an Executive Spring Editor for GPPR and designer of the Spring Edition website. Originally from Los Angeles, he recently received a Masters Degree in Public Policy at the McCourt School in Georgetown. He has a B.A. in Political Science and Classical Civilizations from Loyola Marymount University, where he was a Senior Editor for Asia Media International and led the university's Archeology Center. He’s passionate about income inequality and women’s rights, and dreams of living in a truly liberated world. He loves archery, baking, and awful music.

Disrupting Your Month: Disruptor-in-Chief Edition

This is not what we meant by ‘Disruption’ One month ago, in a stunning upset, Donald Trump was elected President. The historic and troubling nature of his victory warrants a special, yuge edition of Disrupting Your Month, where we discuss the policy implications of this uncharted era. Also in this edition is policy news about Airbnb […]

Disrupting Your Week: Hurricane Surges, Extreme Beer Delivery, and DRM for Cars

This week, I will discuss everything that has been disrupted besides respect for democracy and political norms. Let’s keep things civil as we examine robot beer trucks, putting a price on disaster relief, government-backed French Uber, car DRM, and gentrification through delivery. Pricing Disaster Relief In an example of positive disruption, gig economy firms helped victims of […]

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