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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Gross Violations of Fourth Amendment Right to Electronic Privacy
This week’s news should make passage of the Email Privacy Act a no-brainer, but for the sole opposition of Senator Cornyn.
FCC Chairman Delays His Ill-Advised Set-Top Box Proposal
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler today pulled his ill-advised set-top box proposal from a scheduled vote, which is a good thing. The proposal has not been made public for comment and review, exceeds the FCC's jurisdiction, and creates significant new problems.
Only One Trump or Clinton Tax Reform Detail Matters
Hillary Clinton intends to raise taxes so the government can spend more, and Donald Trump intends to lower taxes so individuals and businesses can spend more.
Transparently Hypocritical at the FCC and Public Knowledge
The FCC is slated to vote on a controversial set top box proposal by Chairman Wheeler that no one outside the FCC has seen.
With the EU Tax Grab, Apple Is Only the Beginning
The US government has an obligation to defend its domestic companies against this tax grab by the EU, and to reform our international and corporate tax.
UN Panel Blames Capitalism, Property Rights for Lack of Access to Medicines in Poor Nations
The mandate of the UN's High Level Panel on Access to Medicines assumed that patent rights are "incoherent" with access to medicines, which is a demonstrably false assumption. That's why the recommendations of the report, released today, would be harmful to public health rather than helpful.
Elements of a 21st Century Pro-Growth Immigration System
This paper suggests several new policies designed to create a reasonable, secure, functioning immigration system that is in the best interests of the United States. It further suggests a specific approach to dealing humanely and realistically with the current illegal population.
Who Will Protect Us from Our Government Protectors?
We must stand up to government agencies that think they are somehow entitled to exemptions from Fourth Amendment protections.
No Surprise in Return of Ballooning Federal Deficits
The sequester spending restraints, pared with reasonable economic growth, could have balanced the budget on autopilot.
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