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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IPI's Advocacy on Municipal Broadband Networks: A 12-Year Update
A couple of weeks ago, back on August 29th, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) once again lost a major case when the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled unanimously in favor of the states and against the FCC’s brazen attempt to overrule state laws regulating municipal (government-owned) broadband networks.
When Academics Try to Silence Debate
Weakening copyright is a major issue with the FCC's set-top box proposal. That's a bug, but some IP skeptic academics think it's a feature
Some Internet Language We'd Like to See in the GOP Platform
Language that would make clear the GOP is not in favor of expanding government's power to regulate and tax the Internet.
The Moral and Logical Vacuity of the Anti-Patent Crowd
In which Priti and I-MAK embarrass themselves.
Needed: Global Sugar Trade Liberalization, not Just a "Shakeup"
The "Sugar Industry Shakeup" described in a recent WSJ article will certainly change the global sugar industry, but true trade liberalization through a global agreement is the long term solution.
Venture Capitalists and Copyright: Smug Alert!
Why Did You Vote for Donald Trump?
A speculative dialog with a typical Trump voter.
New Xfinity TV App Demonstrates Irrelevance of FCC's "AllVid" Rulemaking
While the video industry innovates through apps, the FCC races to regulate the set-top box.
The TPP, Conspiracy Theories and Click-Bait
Correcting EFF's latest conspiracy theory about the TPP.
Exceptions & Limitations Harm the Creation of Culture in Developing Countries
Meet the International Authors Forum.
Video Available for Right on Crime/IPI's Civil Asset Forfeiture Briefing
The video is now available from IPI's recent civil asset forfeiture policy summit in our offices in Irving, Texas.
Another Voluntary Agreement to Reduce Online Piracy
Donuts—the world's largest Internet domain name registry—will do its part to reduce online piracy.
GIPC Releases International IP Index, 4th Edition
A solid contribution to an empirical approach to IP policy discussions.
Grading the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Correcting some of the red herrings, myths and false accusations about the TPP.
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