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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Rubio's Reasonableness on Sugar
It's worth at least considering negotiated trade agreements as the best solution to agriculture subsidies.
On Obama's Rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline
Typical liberal-progressive symbol over substance decision making.
Carrots, Sticks, and Straw Men
Mike Masnick's new paper is just more of the same bias and misdirection. Yawn.
Ag Committee Hearing Properly Draws Attention to Problem of Foreign Subsidies
What do we do about countries that are simply not playing fair in trade?
Shkreli's Stupid Pricing Move Vindicates Rather Than Indicts Pharmaceutical Markets
Markets work and competition still applies even in the pharmaceutical industry.
Congress Finally Does Something Useful and Lifts the Ban on Crude Oil Exports
Time to play hardball.
Let's Get Real about What's Fair in TPP Copyright Provisions
Cato is at it again, acting like copyright is the problem with trade agreements. It's not.
A Big Step To Combating Ad-Supported Piracy
GroupM will require media partners to be certified by the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) in order to combat ad-supported piracy.
Stopping Criminals Isn't "Censorship"
It's always about censorship. It's always about SOPA. Give it a rest.
The Australia-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Did NOT Blow-up Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Program
Australian negotiators should not be influenced by academics whose hyperbolic predictions have proven to be false.
Australia Drug Prices Did NOT Increase After Australia-U.S. FTA
Dire warnings about drug prices increasing in TPP countries as a result of the TPP have no basis in fact.
TPP Critic Quigley Writes Article for Foreign Policy; Coordinates with Anti-IP Activists
An anti-IP crusader weighs in against the TPP.
Modernizing the Copyright Office
Are at least some of the complaints about the copyright system more matters of the limitations of the Copyright Office than they are limitations of copyright law?
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