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Tom Giovanetti

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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

September 16, 2014

U.S. Shale Boom Is Saving the World $5 Billion a Day

Fracking is stabilizing global energy prices.

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September 3, 2014

Quotes from UNT Prof. Adam Briggle that Undermine his Call for a Ban on Fracking in the City of Denton, Texas

Some quotes from last night's debate on the proposed ban on fracking in Denton, Texas

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August 28, 2014

Muni Broadband Isn't About the Unserved

Wilson NC's municipal broadband network seems more interested in providing service to the already served rather than to the unserved.

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August 26, 2014

Piracy Killing Movie Franchises

Piracy may not be the only factor behind a movie's underperformance, but it's clear that it can be a major factor.

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August 22, 2014

The One-Two Punch Against American Agriculture

We allow other of our domestic industries to be exposed to blatant market manipulation and outright attack by our trading partners, particularly in agriculture.

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August 7, 2014

Creativity is More than Pushing Buttons

Monkeys, photographs and a nihilistic view of creativity.

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August 5, 2014

The Left Bashes, then Copies, Center-Right Institutions

Left-leaning activists bash and denounce ALEC and SPN, while at the same time setting up their own versions. What's wrong with this picture?

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August 4, 2014

So Do We Need Pharmaceutical Innovation, or Not?

Karen Ignagni and her health insurance clients want it both ways: They want to reap the savings from innovative cures like Sovaldi, but they don't want to help pay for the innovation.

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August 4, 2014

Piracy and the Small Indie Filmmaker

When everything is being done with marginal resources, marginal impacts have major impact.

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June 17, 2014

Export-Import Bank loaning money to drug cartels

Documentation for that little tidbit.

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May 28, 2014

What Has Been Learned from the New Copyright Alert System (CAS)?

So far it seems there is every reason to be optimistic about the Copyright Alert System, and every reason to ignore its critics.

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May 27, 2014

Amendment Would Prevent Administration from Relinquishing Control of the Internet

Congress is right to prevent the administration from acting unilaterally to take what is almost certainly a bad step for the Internet.

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May 19, 2014

Wait--I Thought "Permissionless Innovation" Was a Thing?

Net neutrality means "permissionless innovation" for everyone EXCEPT broadband network providers.

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May 18, 2014

Highlights of Commissioner Pai's Net Neutrality Dissent

Commissioner Pai strikes at the heart of the problem with assuming that the D.C. Circuit court gave the FCC broad authority to impose regulations on broadband.

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