Tom Giovanetti is president of the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), a conservative, free-market public policy research organization based in Dallas, Texas.
In addition to his administrative duties, Tom writes for IPI and for leading publications on a variety of policy topics including taxes and economic growth, self-government and the Founders' design, civil liberties and constitutional protections, judicial supremacy, intellectual property, Social Security personal accounts, technology and Internet policy, and out-of-control government spending. In addition to being regularly published in major outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, FoxNews.com and The Dallas Morning News, Tom has a regular column in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Tom frequently appears in the media and is a fill-in host for the Mark Davis Show in the Dallas-Fort Worth market.
Tom's passion is encouraging conservative voters and organizations to remain skeptical of Big Government, maintain faith in markets, and defend individual liberty as the best means of achieving human flourishing. His most recent work has focused on free-market solutions to the student debt issue, preserving freedom of speech online, and persuading state legislatures to override local and municipal policies that restrict economic liberty.
Mr. Giovanetti has represented IPI at many national and international organizations, including the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) the World Health Organization (WHO) and represented IPI during trade agreement negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Mr. Giovanetti is a popular speaker and writer, and also testifies before state and federal legislative committees on a variety of topics.
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Attempts to Degrade Drug Patents are Counterproductive in This Pandemic
Compulsory licensing deters innovators from investing in drug discovery. It won’t reduce what patients pay.
Bring American Medical Manufacturing Back Home
Important legislation has been proposed that would encourage medical and pharmaceutical manufacturing to relocate to the U.S. by providing potent tax incentives instead of threats of government force.
Look Who's Politicizing Economic Revival
The job of economic recovery is critical, and the American people are counting on Congress and the Fed to get it done without a political agenda.
The First Manned Spaceflight by a Private Company
In America, where economic freedom and entrepreneurship can still fuel even the biggest of dreams, free enterprise is taking us into space.
Don't Use Pandemic Dollars to Push Political Agenda
Having already entrusted the Fed with hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to buy up corporate debt, Congress must insist that the debt purchases be made for exclusively economic reasons.
The First Manned Spaceflight by a Private Company
American taxpayers are getting a safer, more advanced and much less expensive manned space program. And the key is the private sector.
Free Enterprise, Not Government Bureaucracy, Is Returning Americans to Space
Because of the superiority of entrepreneurship and free enterprise to government bureaucracy, America’s best days in space are just beginning.
California Wants to Tax Vapers Back to Cigarette Smoking
The last thing policy makers should do is implement policies that encourage a return to cigarettes, and that’s exactly what Newsom’s new vape tax would do.
Government Intervention Would Hurt Energy Producers
If renewable energy firms hope to gain equal footing with oil and natural gas producers, they'll need to learn how to survive economic downturns without the government coming to the rescue.
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