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Education, not luck, of Irish

Did the Irish read the Wisconsin Blue Ribbon Report on Jobs for the 21st Century, published back in 1997?

The strategic blueprint laid out almost a decade ago sounds like a carbon copy of the strategy that has propelled Ireland to the top of the prosperity pyramid in Europe.

The Irish have been focused. They have beefed up investments in universities. We have been going the other way, except for the BioStar initiative at UW-Madison.