Come the afternoon however, was where the camp part kicked in. We were treated to a thorough journey through Vermont with a daily road expedition. One day it was to experience enterprise in action, at the Goodrich\u2019s Maple Farm and Ben and Jerry\u2019s factory. We visited President Calvin Coolidge\u2019s hometown of Plymouth and learnt about how he lowered taxes yet still raised government revenue by allowing business to flourish. I should also mention a trip across state lines to Hanover, where Dartmouth College was featured in the television accompaniment of Milton Friedman\u2019s Free to Choose<\/em>. Though if we weren\u2019t off the Capitaf property we were still hitting the trails on the Gator XUV, before capping off our nights downstairs in the guest library, voluntarily discussing big ideas about liberty and markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our time in Vermont flew by like a whirlwind, and soon enough we found ourselves on the AIER estate in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Our American friend group doubled in size as AIER plays host to a comprehensive intern and graduate fellow program through the summer. It was our pleasure to stay for an albeit shorter \u2018Australian winter\u2019 program. I successfully negotiated my place at the graduate fellow table in the office, by paying the others off with in my honest opinion, the best ice cream in the world at Provincetown. The trade was worth it, as it was an even better chance to work in a space built on the exchange of ideas, uplifting each other in all of our individual research projects at our home institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Left: Capitaf, Middle: Dartmouth College, Right: Hot Day in Hanover<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet again, we were treated the following week to Ryan\u2019s tour of the Boston Freedom Trail. I especially liked the field where Coase developed his theorem. It was here too where one of the American interns remarked how her summer at AIER had been just like an economics summer camp. Our two \u2018summer camps\u2019 show that many of our most formative experiences, need not be through formal education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beyond just how they spend their summer, our enterprising American partners benefit greatly from a diverse array of educational choices driven by the competition of ideas. Australia is relatively lacking in this choice, and it flows on that we are losing our competitive edge. Our government further stifles innovation through the immense regulatory burden placed on those who generate productivity, incomes and profits. I\u2019m inclined to believe that government intervention only benefits those that know how to manipulate it; a conclusion I reached as the 36-hour return home from Hartford became 3 times as much for my suitcase, at the hands of the government-created airline oligopoly. It may manifest in a different way in Australia, but rent-seeking behaviour in America at least, leaves a taste of corn syrup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CERI\u2019s investment in young thinkers of Western Australia has incited something greater. This experience has allowed me to step back and decipher the mess of government in our two countries. However, what shall prevail, is the seeds of entrepreneurship sown through thoughtful deliberation and exchange of new ideas in New England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For three amazing weeks, I had the privilege of joining three other distinguished Mannkal scholars on our mid-year American experience. As our new friends over there continue their summer adventures, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":20650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mannkal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Louis-Capitaf-sign-2-768x1024.png\")
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