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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

March 12, 2018

A Time to Choose On Net Neutrality

Democrats in Congress are working feverishly to restore the Obama rules by abusing a device called the “Congressional Review Act.”

March 7, 2018

Whose Crumbs?

Nancy Pelosi isn’t the only one who is out-of-touch and doesn’t understand economics.

February 26, 2018

Coalition Letter to Congress Regarding the Remote Transactions Parity Act

Coalition letter expressing opposition to H.R. 2193, the so-called “Remote Transactions Parity Act” (RTPA), which would grant states new power to tax and regulate internet sales made by businesses outside their borders.

February 16, 2018

Dallas Is Right to Wait to Regulate Bike Share

The city must resist the call for an enormous new investment of taxpayer dollars to facilitate these private entrepreneurial ventures.

February 15, 2018

Tax Cuts Are Empowering the American Worker

IPI expert referenced: Tom Giovanetti

Republicans’ Tax Cuts and Jobs Act stands as the most sweeping and comprehensive tax reform in the past 30 years. Tom Giovanetti, president of the Institute for Policy Innovation, a public policy research organization, writes, “President Trump has already done more to grow the U.S. economy than the last four presidents and 28 years combined.” 

February 14, 2018

Public Pensions Are Bad for Employees but Such Fun for Bureaucrats

The politicization, cronyism and bureaucracy of public pension management is a recipe for disaster.

February 2, 2018

On Tax Reform, the Hits Just Keep on Coming

Now that the Trump administration’s historic tax reform is actual law, there is every reason to expect continued good economic news and higher rates of economic growth.

January 17, 2018

Trump's Tax Reform Miracle

President Trump has already done more to grow the U.S. economy than the last four presidents and 28 years combined.

January 15, 2018

Trump's Tax Reform Is A Miracle That Should Make Everyone Giddy

"I don't know what lies ahead for the Trump administration, but President Trump has already done more to grow the U.S. economy than the last four presidents and 28 years combined. In itself that is a significant policy legacy."

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