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
Factories Wanted To Be Free, Too: Resisting the Marxist Impulse in Intellectual Property Criticism
Some IP critics simply don’t believe capitalists should be permitted to own and control the means of production in the digital economy.
One-In-Three Jobs in the EU Dependent on IP-Intensive Industries
According to a study released today by the European Patent Office (EPO), one-in-three jobs in the EU is dependent on the IP-intensive industries.
DocStoc.com, Selling Pirated Books
I found that a website called DocStoc.com is selling pirated copies of a book I wrote some years ago.
About that "graduated response doesn't work" paper
So this morning I see news of a release of a paper from a law professor in Australia who finds that graduated response enforcement, such as “three strikes” policies, doesn’t work.
Observations and some conclusions on the proposed Syria intervention
In the past week I’ve tried to think through how I think such decisions should be made were I in a position to have to cast a vote. I’ve come up with some observations and I’ve managed to come to a conclusion.
The Cost of the Financial Crisis
The Dallas Fed put out a very interesting paper (PDF) in July in which they try to quantify the damage done by the 2007-09 financial crisis.
The logical fallacies of Mike Masnick-2
In today’s installment, it’s Mike committing the logical fallacy of begging the question.
CBS turns net neutrality on its head
In the current retransmission dispute between Time Warner Cable and CBS, somehow CBS has managed to turn the major concern of net neutrality proponents on its head.
Intellectual Ventures invents things
There is nothing wrong with an entity simply being in the patent business.
The logical fallacies of Mike Masnick: A series
Mike Masnick commits logical fallacies so often that I should reserve this title for a SERIES of blog posts.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn: Stronger IP enforcement needed
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) had a good piece in The Hill where she calls for stronger IP enforcement action by the administration.
IPI's response to Senator Durbin
IPI has responded to Senator Dick Durbin's letter of intimidation. Here's a list of links including IPI's letter.
Told you so! (on the sequester)
So IPI went out on a limb championing the sequester.
And we were right.
Here's what political intimidation looks like
If you want to know what political intimidation looks like, this link will take you to a PDF of the letter sent to IPI (and allegedly over 300 organizations) about their support of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
Obamaphone scandal observed first-hand
There is an enlightening (and thus infuriating) article at National Review where a reporter described how she has been issued three free "Obamaphones" in the past month. It's a must-read.
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