Robert L. Bartley

America has emerged victorious from the Cold War and is increasing its influence worldwide, Robert L. Bartley argues in the following viewpoint. Bartley maintains that American ideals of democratic pluralism and market economics will continue to spread to other nations. He asserts that those who believe America is in decline are wrong. Rather than decline, according to the author, the nation is experiencing a second Industrial Revolution—the shift from an industrial to an information economy. He foresees a future of “rich opportunity” for America. Bartley, editor of the Wall Street Journal, is the author of The Seven Fat Years: And How to Do It Again, on which this viewpoint is based.

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1. According to Bartley, what fears did foreign investment in America...