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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It's The Senate's Turn To Protect Your Digital Rights
Presidential politics means we have only about two months left of useful legislative time, so it’s time for the Senate to get its act together and move the Email Privacy Act.
Ride Sharing Is Win-Win-Win For Passengers, Drivers And Cities
Austinites have the opportunity to overturn the city’s mistake and begin unraveling Austin’s protection racket with the taxi industry with Proposition 1.
The Social and Political Cost of Slow Economic Growth
The American people are blaming other countries and other people for a slow-growth wound that is self-inflicted.
Comments to the FCC Regarding "AllVid" Video Navigation Choices Rulemaking
The FCC's "AllVid" rulemaking is an example of top-down regulatory hubis, as there is no evidence of a market problem or failure.
Congress Steps In on AllVid Rulemaking
Commending congressional leaders for taking the first steps of Congressional oversight on the FCC’s controversial AllVid rulemaking.
Further Abandoning the Rule-of-Law
Yet again, the Obama administration has operated outside of the rule-of-law, which makes the US a less certain place for investment.
Conn. Senator Calls for Higher Cable Bills
Policy makers should resist the impulse to insinuate themselves into private business negotiations, and leave markets to determine the value of programming.
Price of Admission
Howard’s president, Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick, and the board want to sell the spectrum used by WHUT. There has been increasing demand for these invisible waves by cable and mobile phone providers. Tom Giovanetti, president of the Institute for Policy Innovation, noted on RealClearTechnology, “Spectrum is the most unappreciated and underrated of our natural resources. In economic terms, spectrum is particularly scarce, since there is an absolutely fixed amount of spectrum available.”
Trump's New Taxes
Donald Trump is the only Republican presidential candidate gleefully promising to raise taxes.
Creative Content Hits Back at Internet Australia on Internet Piracy, Site Blocking
Creative Content Australia Executive Director Lori Flekser cites Tom Giovanetti, who said: “Patronising suggestions that creators should 'innovate' away their problems is an unhelpful contribution adding nothing to discourse about solutions to piracy… Content owners ARE innovating. They also want their product protected against massive theft. It’s not a matter of either/or—it’s a matter of both/and.”
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