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Tom Giovanetti

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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.

Follow Tom on Twitter at @tgiovanetti

August 11, 2020

Coalition Letter Opposing President Donald Trump's Recent "Most Favored Nation" Executive Order

In a coalition letter the signers urge President Trump to apply the same successful, deregulatory, market-based approach that he has championed in other policy areas to health care.

August 10, 2020

An Interview with Shelby Steele

by Tom Giovanetti, Shelby Steele
August 5, 2020

Rather Than Pour Trillions into Infrastructure Funding, the Feds Should Get Out of the Way of Private Investment

If we really do want America’s critical infrastructure maintained, modernized and continually expanded, instead of borrowing and spending trillions of dollars on a small portion of our overall infrastructure, the most important thing government at all levels could do is just get out of the way.

August 4, 2020

New SEC Proxy Voting Rule Protects Everyday Investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a new, long-overdue rule reining in abuses within the obscure but important world of proxy advisory services. 

July 29, 2020

Letter for the Record on Antitrust from Conservative and Free Market Leaders

In this coalition letter, these organizations caution weaponizing antitrust for broader socioeconomic purposes would fundamentally alter the primary goal of antitrust, undermine the rule of law, and negatively impact consumers.

July 24, 2020

IPI Opposes IPI: Problems with a Prescription Drug Pricing Index

IPI urges the Trump administration to forbear importing the price controls of socialist health care systems to the U.S.

July 23, 2020

Don't Mourn for the Payroll Tax Cut

It’s good news that a payroll tax cut has been dropped from discussion about further Covid-19 economic relief. There are far better ways to provide relief and to attempt economic stimulus.

July 21, 2020

Coalition Letter Regarding CARES Act Benefit Expiration

While originally intended to provide additional upport for families and businesses complying with government-mandated economic restrictions to address COVID-19, the policy of providing supplemental unemployment insurance has stifled our nation's recovery and is keeping Americans from returning to work.

July 17, 2020

Relief, Stimulus, and the Right Kind of Stimulus

Any new legislation designed to mitigate the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic should contain both relief and stimulus measures, and full business expensing is an excellent candidate for the stimulus part of the package.

July 2, 2020

Imagine the Covid-19 Pandemic Without Broadband

While the pandemic has imposed significant costs and losses on the economy, our broadband infrastructure has made it possible to work, shop, learn and be entertained while also maintaining social distancing, and is likely the single biggest factor in reducing the harm to the economy.

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