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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Copyright and the GOP
It was jaw dropping to see a paper appear on the website of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) that was infused with much of the rhetoric and many of the assumptions of the CopyLeft movement. When an RSC paper is praised on the Daily Kos website, you have to wonder what is going on.
Gazing Into the Abyss
The election was an opportunity for the American people to pull back from the abyss formed by all of these “cliffs” we face. But instead of stepping back from the abyss, it appears that the American people have decided take a step closer, lean forward, and gaze into the abyss.
Economic Growth Is Job #1
The incoming president and Congress must take immediate steps to stimulate real economic growth, which will make pursuing the rest of their agenda and solving our other problems possible, and easier.
In the Land of Good Intentions
Reducing deaths due to smoking is obviously a Good Intention, and there are many ways to do so without destroying the value of trademarks. But when policy makers travel to the Land of Good Intentions, precedents get set that threaten the rights of all.
Of Course It Can Work
The reason Obama and Biden are convinced Romney’s tax plan cannot work is that having failed themselves to grow the economy, they are defining economic growth out of the equation.
Comments Regarding New Zealand Plain Packaging Regulation
IPI reminds New Zealand that its proposed plain packaging regulation for tobacco products violates existing WTO rules and the Paris Convention, reflects an incomplete understanding of the value and importance of trademarks, sets a harmful precedent which could be extended to other types of products, and will inevitably lead to an increase in counterfeit products.
High Tax Rates Drive Jobs Overseas
When it comes to the issue of lowering the corporate tax rate, Tom Giovanetti of the Institute for Policy Innovation says Sweden shows more understanding than the U.S., which maintains the highest rate among developed countries.
Sweden Gets It
What government should be asking is: Would we rather have 22 percent of a thriving, growing business sector, or 35 percent of a moribund, struggling business sector?
The IRS in Real-Time
The IRS’s proposed “Real-Time Tax System” will result in a nightmare of compliance, increased IRS spending, and ultimately the loss of our system of voluntary tax compliance.
Are Machines More Important than People?
The tax code should treat investment in human capital at least on par with investment in physical capital.
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