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
Impact of the 2020 Election on the Texas Legislature and Redistricting (Audio: Podcast)
IPI President Tom Giovanetti discusses the impact of the 2020 election on Texas and especially the upcoming redistricting effort with Addie Crimmins, Director of Development and Events at IPI. Addie worked on the redistricting committee in Texas during the last redistricting and shares her insights
IPI Policy Basics: No One Knows How to Make a Pencil (Audio: Podcast)
IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains the famous 1958 policy essay “I, Pencil” by Leonard Read, and its clever illustration of the superiority of voluntary economic cooperation over top-down central planning.
Playing Politics with Section 230 (Audio: Interview)
IPI President Tom Giovanetti talks with 660AM The Answer's Mark Davis about this week's congressional hearings regarding Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. He warns those advocating its abolishment may like the alternative even less.
Guess Which Party Spent the Most on the 2020 Election? (Audio: Podcast)
Republicans are supposed to be the part of the “rich,” but not anymore. Democrats have out-raised and out-spent Republicans in the last several election cycles.
IPI Policy Basics: Why Prescription Drug Importation Is a Bad Idea (Audio: Podcast)
Importing drugs from other countries was first embraced by Democrats and now by some Republicans as a way of lowering Americans’ drug spending. But if there’s such a great demand, why has it never worked when implemented at scale? And why won’t anyone take FL Governor Ron DeSantis’ $30 million offer for a company to implement it in Florida? Hint: It might have to do with Medicare Part D, generic drugs, and the danger of counterfeiting.
Voters Chose Economic Liberty (Audio: Podcast)
IPI President Tom Giovanetti, solo this time, talks about how voters supported economic liberty up and down the ballot, even in blue states.
IPI Policy Basics: The Broken Window Fallacy (Audio: Podcast)
IPI President Tom Giovanetti discusses the “broken window fallacy,” and three key lessons it teaches us about how to think about policy.
IPI Policy Basics: Five Key Turning Points in the Quest for US Energy Independence (Audio: Podcast)
Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews explains the five key turning points that have shaped US energy independence, going back to “peak oil” and the shortages of the 1970s, to the fracking revolution and US oil exports. Part of our IPI Policy Basics audio reference library.
Post-election Discussion with Matt Mackowiak (Audio: Podcast)
Matt Mackowiak of Potomac Strategy Group joins Tom Giovanetti and Dr. Merrill Matthews for a discussion of the results of the November 2020 election. First episode of the Institute for Policy Innovation’s (rebooted) Podcast.
Election Results Yield Positives for Conservatives (Audio: Interview)
Although the presidential race is still in question, the clear winner is conservative values says IPI President Tom Giovanetti in a post-elecdtion day interview with 660AM the Answer's Mark Davis.
A Textualist Supreme Court...Finally (Audio: Interview)
"For the first time since the late 1800’s the Supreme Court is stocked with judges that take the proper view toward constitutional interpretation,” says IPI President Tom Giovanetti in an interview with 660AM’s Mark Davis.
Consistency Checking Executive Orders (Audio: Interview)
In this discussion with 660AM the Answer's Mark Davis, IPI President Tom Giovanetti discusses Executive Orders and the danger of precedent.
Free Speech on Social Platforms: Understanding Section 230 (Audio: Interview)
In this radio interview on the syndicated talk show, Point of View, IPI President Tom Giovanetti unravels the confusion over monitoring speech on private social media platforms.
Cheaper, Safer, Sustainable Space Travel (Audio: Interview)
In a conversation with 660AM Radio Host Mark Davis, IPI President Tom Giovanetti recounts the history and economics of the space program and how the government bureaucracy’s failings created an opportunity for private enterprise to revitalize the program.
Rule of Law and Civil Disobedience During a Pandemic (Audio: Interview)
In a spirited conversation with 660AM Radio Host Mark Davis, IPI President Tom Giovanetti explains, even in a pandemic, the rule of law must be applied consistently--despite our personal sympathies.
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