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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A Peculiar Start to the Copyright Review Process
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) has announced that his committee will be undertaking a “comprehensive review of U.S. copyright law,” and they’re beginning this afternoon with a hearing.
USTR releases annual "Special 301" report
Today, the Office of the United States Trade Representative has released its annual "Special 301" report which details the "adequacy and effectiveness of U.S. trading partners’ protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR)."
Highlights of IPI's 2013 World IP Day Celebrations
Last Thursday IPI was honored to once again host the major World IP Day policy event in Washington, DC during the observance of World IP Day.
Myriad's post-SCOTUS analysis
Much attention has been given to the Myriad Genetics case recently argued before the Supreme Court, where Myriad Genetics claims a patent to not only a DNA test, but also to the isolated and refined DNA itself.
Ted Cruz for President?
Just the thing we need to justify yet another reminder that IPI's 25th Anniversary Celebration dinner tomorow night features Senator Cruz as our keynote speaker.
How President Obama's 2013 Budget Affects Intellectual Property
It's instructive to see the impact of the Obama administration’s budget vision as to how it would affect the creative and innovative industries.
Two Charts On the Sequester
Here are a couple of charts that hopefully will provide some perspective on the relative insignificance of the sequester cuts.
Can You Find the Savage Sequester Cuts?
Chart demonstrates the almost insignificant impact of sequester spending cuts.
Texas is #1 Exporting State -- By a Mile
According to statistics from the Commerce Department, in 2012 Texas was the #1 exporting state in the country--and by a mile, too.
Two charts related to spending cuts
I had prepared two PowerPoint slides to help illustrate the points, but due to a miscommunication I wasn't able to slow the slides. So here they are.
Jon Stewart ridicules Krugman's magic coin
Good for Jon Stewart to see the insanity in Paul Krugman's $1 trillion magic coin idea.
Why Obama is Pushing Republicans Over the Fiscal Cliff
What if one side thought it had almost nothing to lose and much to gain, and the outcome of the election simply confirmed this calculation?
We have work to do
Our principles are not wrong, but we have clearly not sufficiently persuaded the American people how those principles directly benefit them in their daily lives.
The bureaucrats get BuckyBalls
The BuckyBalls saga is everything that is wrong with the Big Government nanny state in microcosm. And it's another example of the Obama administration putting a small business out of business.
So, I kinda predicted the release of the Benghazi emails
Not to brag too much, but I kinda predicted the release of the Benghazi emails.
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