A recent economic development publication touts 54 innovations from Minnesota, but only four of them come from this century.
Former U of M Humphrey Institute policy fellow Eric Schubert says in a Star Tribune opinion piece that Minnesota has no shortage of ideas for economic development, but we're struggling to turn those ideas into reality.
Schubert proposes a Minnesota Innovation Fund, a sort of political action committee that would support "pragmatic political candidates" who support policies and funding for Minnesota ingenuity.
Read his argument on the Star Tribune's Opinion Exchange.