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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Giovanetti: Trump DoJ Attempt to Block AT&T Merger "Disappointing," "Ominous"
IPI president Tom Giovanetti says it’s more than disappointing that the Trump administration has decided to attempt to block the AT&T-TimeWarner merger, which had been considered non-controversial by antitrust observers of all political persuasions.
Giovanetti: Passage of Tax Bill Major Step Towards "Right Kind" of Tax Reform
IPI commends the U.S. House of Representatives for passing sweeping legislation towards significant tax reform that would benefit the U.S. economy and the middle class.
Trump Twitter Takedown Brings More Grief for Silicon Valley
“Conservatives watch as almost every week accounts are punished for tweets that may be controversial but are not threatening, and we can tell this is happening because we have run afoul of a single employee’s discretion,” said Tom Giovanetti, president of the Institute for Policy Innovation, a free-market think tank, calling Thursday's incident significant.
Perry's Plans to Revive Coal Would Kill Aspirations for a Free Market
Perry's proposal would put the government's thumb on the scale for coal. When the Trump administration decides it wants to help coal, or any other industry, it's already on the path to the same kinds of crony capitalism it criticized from the Obama administration.
Have Republican Tax Writers Lost the Plot on Tax Reform?
It’s not fair to judge a tax reform plan that hasn’t been released yet, but our overall excitement is tempered by a number of concerns.
Is Tax Reform in Trouble?
Compromise on principles is wrong, but compromise on details is necessary, if any good is to be obtained.
Patriotism for Business Is Investing, Not Paying Taxes
The assumption that the highest good for a business is to pay taxes is wrong and harmful to the economy.
At Last, Pro-Growth Tax Reform
Faster economic growth is on the table, if only Republicans can keep their eyes on the prize.
If Republicans Can't Get Tax Reform Done . . .
If Republicans, with a majority in Congress and control of the White House, can’t get tax reform done, what good are they?
Avoiding a Hurricane of Economic Fallacies
Let’s try not to compound economic disasters with economic fallacies. Markets work better than governments, even in a disaster.
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