Education, not luck, of Irish. Wisconsin is learning the lessons of the Irish Miracle. Simple enough: education, innovation, networks, collaboration.

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.

So compelling is the Irish rags-to-riches story that Gov. Jim Doyle and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett accepted an invitation from Milwaukee business leader and philanthropist Mike Cudahy to benchmark on the Emerald Isle.

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