Wisconsin rules the world, economic heroes edition:

Alternate title: Wisconsin: 2% of states, 40% of 2011′s Economic Heroes.

James Pethokoukis has a post up today, listing his Economic Heroes and Zeroes of 2011, and guess where his top two heroes came from!

At #2:

Scott Walker. The Wisconsin governor is acting as America’s Margaret Thatcher by fighting the corrosive power of government unions in the Badger State. Not only are union pensions and healthcare obligations threatening the fiscal solvency of many states, government unions are also—as Steve Jobs said—a big reason why our schools are not creating the citizens and workers America needs to compete and thrive in the 21st century. The recall effort against him will certainly be one of the big political and economic stories of 2012.

And in the #1 spot:

Paul Ryan. He decided not to run for president—this time around—but there’s no more important policymaker in Washington than the chairman of the House Budget Committee. Just as Ronald Reagan did in the ’80s, Ryan is shaping the debate today about what kind of government America will have for the next generation and beyond. So in that sense, it’s not just his policy proposals that matter but also his arguments. No U.S. public figure is as effective at reminding us how America became America, at reminding us of all that once was good, and what could be again. Free men pursuing happiness in free markets.

You may commence with the thanking, Rest Of America.