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Tom Giovanetti

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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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August 28, 2002

Why Intellectual Property is Important

Although people often can get free use of someone’s intellectual property, that doesn’t make it right—or legal. Does it really hurt anyone? Is intellectual property really all that important?

November 15, 2001

A Quick Fix is No Fix for the Economy and other articles

The November-December 2001 issue of IPI Insights, our 8-page, full-color policy newsletter. In Adobe Acrobat PDF format only.
August 18, 2000

New Ideas for The Information Economy

The information economy forces us to throw out some old, outdated ideas (such as the Phillips curve, antitrust regimes, etc.) and consider new ideas for public policy, according to economist Michael Cox of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, journalist James K. Glassman, and Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives Dick Armey (R-TX). IPI Center for Technology Freedom Director Bartlett Cleland moderated the event.
August 15, 1999

IPI Impact: 2nd Quarter 1999

Summary of IPI's impact in the media and on Capitol Hill during the second quarter of 1999. Includes newsclips, photographs, video captures, and a letter from the president. Available only in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Large file (1.9 MB). Of interest primarily to supporters and those considering support.
June 1, 1999

Turning Lemonade Into Lemons: How Government Puts the Squeeze on Entrepreneurs

June 1999 issue of IPI's full-color newsletter, IPI Insights. Articles include "Turning Lemonade Into Lemons," "Taxing Our World, Bit by Bit," and "The Earnings Test is Not Working."
October 15, 1998

Out of Control: Ten Case Studies in Regulatory Abuse

1999's installment of IPI's annual review of ten of the worst regulations of the federal government. 2-page treatments of ten harmful regulations, with suggestions for reform. Regulations include Labor Dept. Pension Rules, Attempted Environmental Crimes, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Bilingual Education, EPA Sludge Rules, the federal sugar program, the FCC's Universal Service Program, Foreign Sales Corporations and military producers, CA's Proposition 65, and the "Tulloch Rule" interpretation of the Clean Water Act.
November 3, 1997

What to Do With Budget Surpluses? Here's a Clue

Two words: Tax cuts. Surpluses should not be used for new government spending, or for paying down the national debt. They should be used to help return the overall tax burden to a reasonable level.

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