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Tom Giovanetti

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Tom Giovanetti is president of the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), a 38-year-old conservative, free-market public policy “think tank” based in Dallas, Texas. 

In addition to his administrative and fundraising duties, Tom writes for IPI and for leading publications on a variety of policy topics including tax policy, economic growth, self-government, civil liberties and constitutional protections, judicial supremacy, intellectual property, Social Security personal accounts, technology and Internet policy, and 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 writes often for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Tom frequently appears in the media and is a regular guest and occasional substitute host of the Mark Davis Show in the Dallas-Fort Worth market.  

Tom loves thinking out-of-the-box to design novel solutions to policy problems and explaining complicated policy issues in ways average folks can understand. 

Tom's mission at IPI is to use issues to teach conservative, free market thinking and to push back against unprincipled populism. He seeks to encourage continued skepticism of Big Government, to maintain faith in markets, and to defend individual liberty as the best means of achieving human flourishing. His most recent work has focused on free market solutions to student loan debt, preserving online freedom, and persuading state legislatures to override local and municipal rules 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), and represented IPI during negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement.
Mr. Giovanetti is a popular speaker and writer and testifies before state and federal legislative committees on a variety of topics. 

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February 10, 2017

H-1B Visa 'Impasse' Should Be 'Easiest' Immigration Problem to Fix, Says IPI Chief

IPI expert referenced: Tom Giovanetti

The H-1B visa "impasse" should be the "easiest" of all the "controversial elements" of proposed immigration reform for Congress to fix, said Tom Giovanetti in a Thursday blog post.

February 9, 2017

Mend, Don't End, the H1B Visa Program

Of all the controversial elements of proposed immigration reform plans, the H1B visa impasse should be the easiest to fix.

February 6, 2017

Email Privacy Act Could Pass As Early As Monday

IPI expert referenced: Tom Giovanetti

IPI president Tom Giovanetti in a statement called it a "slam dunk" for President Donald Trump and Congress. "This legislation has nothing to do with preventing or prosecuting terrorism, but rather simply corrects lack of foresight in legislation passed 30 years ago, long before digital data became such a pervasive part of normal life," he said.

February 2, 2017

Getting in the Broadband Zone

Whatever you call them, incentive-based Broadband Enterprise Zones are the best way to get broadband deployed to unserved areas of the country.

February 1, 2017

The Economy Can't Wait

Getting the economy growing again should be the Trump administration’s number one priority.

January 26, 2017

Quantum Improvements at the FCC

The FCC must be legislatively restructured to prevent future abuse of the agency’s power.

January 25, 2017

Big, Credible Tax Reform

Republicans should not trap themselves within the strait jacket of revenue neutrality--the goal is economic growth.

January 23, 2017

The Obama Economy: Three Shocking Numbers From Obama's Economic Legacy

IPI expert referenced: Tom Giovanetti

While Obama promised America “hope and change” from a progressive left-of-center dogma, it was more of the “same ol’, same ‘ol” from an economic standpoint.

January 19, 2017

The Fundamental Incoherence in Trump's Economic Policy

If the new Trump administration's tax reform efforts stimulate economic growth, it will ironically frustrate its ill-founded efforts to reduce trade deficits.

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