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Tom Giovanetti

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Tom Giovanetti is president of the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), a 38-year-old conservative, free-market public policy “think tank” based in Dallas, Texas. 

In addition to his administrative and fundraising duties, Tom writes for IPI and for leading publications on a variety of policy topics including tax policy, economic growth, self-government, civil liberties and constitutional protections, judicial supremacy, intellectual property, Social Security personal accounts, technology and Internet policy, and 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 writes often for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Tom frequently appears in the media and is a regular guest and occasional substitute host of the Mark Davis Show in the Dallas-Fort Worth market.  

Tom loves thinking out-of-the-box to design novel solutions to policy problems and explaining complicated policy issues in ways average folks can understand. 

Tom's mission at IPI is to use issues to teach conservative, free market thinking and to push back against unprincipled populism. He seeks to encourage continued skepticism of Big Government, to maintain faith in markets, and to defend individual liberty as the best means of achieving human flourishing. His most recent work has focused on free market solutions to student loan debt, preserving online freedom, and persuading state legislatures to override local and municipal rules 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), and represented IPI during negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement.
Mr. Giovanetti is a popular speaker and writer and testifies before state and federal legislative committees on a variety of topics. 

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November 16, 2017

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.

November 3, 2017

Trump Twitter Takedown Brings More Grief for Silicon Valley

IPI expert referenced: Tom Giovanetti

“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.

November 3, 2017

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. 

October 25, 2017

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.

October 12, 2017

Is Tax Reform in Trouble?

Compromise on principles is wrong, but compromise on details is necessary, if any good is to be obtained.

October 5, 2017

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.

September 28, 2017

At Last, Pro-Growth Tax Reform

Faster economic growth is on the table, if only Republicans can keep their eyes on the prize.

September 20, 2017

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?

September 14, 2017

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.

September 12, 2017

Swazi Farmers Brace for Life Without Their Sugar Daddy

IPI expert referenced: Tom Giovanetti

With the EU set to lift caps on sugar production, African producers could be squeezed out of a market that has propped up places like Swaziland for years.

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