There is actually a high degree of convergence among economic analysts on what things are required to have an effective productivity strategy in order for a country to actually create sustained wealth. You touched on them. You have to be tax-competitive. You have to invest in your people. You have to have your infrastructure working well. Those are all pieces we touch on in our report.
The one thing Ireland had that we will not have was the fact that it became a gateway for foreign investment into Europe, while it obviously also had subsidies from the EU for its farm community. We can't duplicate that. We're not going to attract a disproportionate share of investment into North America, but we would like to capture our fair share.
The Irish case is interesting, as are the cases of Singapore and some other really high-performing global economies, such as Iceland right now. Little Iceland has spectacular productivity growth rates. We can't replicate them, but we can learn what the key elements are. We've done a pretty good job of setting them out by articulating the need to have a national strategy around competitiveness and productivity, and then by pointing to the national market, education, and the role of investment, trade, and ultimately foreign policy in supporting those.