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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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
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.
Independent, Technical, Multistakeholder Organizations that Have Become Part of the United Nations
It's not like it's never happened before.
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.
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.
Creativity is More than Pushing Buttons
Monkeys, photographs and a nihilistic view of creativity.
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?
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.
Piracy and the Small Indie Filmmaker
When everything is being done with marginal resources, marginal impacts have major impact.
Export-Import Bank loaning money to drug cartels
Documentation for that little tidbit.
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.
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.
Wait--I Thought "Permissionless Innovation" Was a Thing?
Net neutrality means "permissionless innovation" for everyone EXCEPT broadband network providers.
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.
"Welcome to the Stupid Internet" Still Holds Up
An eight year old op/ed against net neutrality regulations still pretty much holds up. And the Internet is still fine.
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