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[William Donzelli]

>  I always thought it was mostly market size. Europe was still
> fragmented in a lot of trade isolated countries. Still, the US
> stole about as much as they could from both the Germans and the
> British technologies.

I don't think you can really use the word "stole", because everyone steals
ideas. Why did the Europeans not steal back (or do so inneffectively)?

William Donzelli
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