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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The Next Battle
The sequester is the prize, and the sequester is what must not be surrendered.
Missing the Point on Piracy Data
Markets take place within the rule of law. We don’t insist that markets adapt to account for criminal behavior.
The London School of Economics Wets Itself
The inherent bias, gross mishandling of data, and misrepresentation of the research conclusions of others that characterize this LSE paper should embarrass the London School of Economics. Particularly its economists.
Does President Obama Understand Congress At All?
The "piecemeal approach" President Obama dissed is regular order in Congress.
Factories Wanted To Be Free, Too: Resisting the Marxist Impulse in Intellectual Property Criticism
Some IP critics simply don’t believe capitalists should be permitted to own and control the means of production in the digital economy.
One-In-Three Jobs in the EU Dependent on IP-Intensive Industries
According to a study released today by the European Patent Office (EPO), one-in-three jobs in the EU is dependent on the IP-intensive industries.
DocStoc.com, Selling Pirated Books
I found that a website called DocStoc.com is selling pirated copies of a book I wrote some years ago.
About that "graduated response doesn't work" paper
So this morning I see news of a release of a paper from a law professor in Australia who finds that graduated response enforcement, such as “three strikes” policies, doesn’t work.
Observations and some conclusions on the proposed Syria intervention
In the past week I’ve tried to think through how I think such decisions should be made were I in a position to have to cast a vote. I’ve come up with some observations and I’ve managed to come to a conclusion.
The Cost of the Financial Crisis
The Dallas Fed put out a very interesting paper (PDF) in July in which they try to quantify the damage done by the 2007-09 financial crisis.
The logical fallacies of Mike Masnick-2
In today’s installment, it’s Mike committing the logical fallacy of begging the question.
CBS turns net neutrality on its head
In the current retransmission dispute between Time Warner Cable and CBS, somehow CBS has managed to turn the major concern of net neutrality proponents on its head.
Intellectual Ventures invents things
There is nothing wrong with an entity simply being in the patent business.
The logical fallacies of Mike Masnick: A series
Mike Masnick commits logical fallacies so often that I should reserve this title for a SERIES of blog posts.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn: Stronger IP enforcement needed
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) had a good piece in The Hill where she calls for stronger IP enforcement action by the administration.
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