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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Unlike COVID, We Know Debt Crisis is Coming. How Will We Explain Why We Didn't Act?
The next generation—our children—will curse us for handing them this mess and refusing to deal with problems we can see are coming. And we won’t be able to claim ignorance.
Net Neutrality: Regulation for Ideology's Sake
Innovation and economic growth has not deterred activists who simply believe in federal control for the sake of federal control.
On AI, a Rush to Legislate Is a Bad Idea
Legislators should be cautious in their rush to legislate on AI to not rule out tools that can be used for innovation and creativity, especially when existing law covers most concerns.
When the Future of Online Speech Is at Stake
What is at stake is not just a few big social media platforms, but the future of online speech.
Tradeoffs
The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 is a perfect example of the kinds of tradeoffs that must be made in order to move legislation. Should Republicans trade an expanded child tax credit for extended business tax cuts? And should the Democrats take the same deal? As Thomas Sowell says, “there are no solutions, there are only tradeoffs.”
A Fundamental Argument About Free Trade
Interesting argument on the fundamentals of trade policy, comparative advantage, etc. at the Law & Liberty blog.
Thinking Through the Affordable Connectivity Program
It doesn’t make sense to allow the Affordable Connectivity Program, which helps 23 million low-income households afford broadband, lapse because of congressional neglect.
When it Comes to Regulating Tech Firms, These Republicans Abandon Their Principles
It is parents who are primarily responsible for protecting their children from the harms of smoking, alcohol, drugs and yes, social media. Conservatives used to know that.
Why are Some Republicans Acting Like Progressive Democrats? This Bill Is a Clue
New Right populism isn’t very different from leftist progressivism, and it will be as harmful for the country as leftist progressivism. The Railway Safety Act demonstrates the difference between truly conservative Republicans such as Cruz and big-government, pro-union populists such as Vance.
A Critical Tax Case Goes to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Moore vs. United States, which could open the door to almost unlimited federal taxation of wealth deemed as income. It’s likely the most important tax case of the century.
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