If we took foreign investment and capital out of our economy (if that were even possible) real estate and financial markets would collapse immediately.. then everything else.
Science writer? You're terribly ignorant... go f'kn read something. Anything.
I'm sure you are projecting when you call me terribly ignorant.
The truth of the matter is this: China and other nations buy up our land, industries, and other fixed capital resources and use them for their own wealth, power, and control of our lives and fortunes.
Of course Bill Clinton's sale of our clean coal in federal lands to Asian interests must be a winner to this nation and its economy. Look at all the money the Clintons collected just in that one transaction. Look at all the good that this money has done for us and our national economy. And that's just a drop in the bucket of corruption that is so good for America. As for your telling me to go f'kn read something, Anything. I have done so for many years. My reading differs from yours. My thesis that having foreigh money invade our nation, such as George Soros's being good for our economy is not a good idea--according to what I've read over the years. As a parting shot, our markets are under attack by those who are buying us up. Their main motive is to destroy our markets at a level you might be ignorant of yourself.