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1945 - 1965, the era of growth, prosperity, and single income families. We accounted for around 50% of global GDP and didn't need additional foreign workers (except for Verner von Braun and the other Nazi rocket scientists).

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It helped that much of the industrial might of the world was bombed/shelled into rubble.

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That's true, but because of that you would think that many Europeans would want to immigrate to the US. I only know that the top engineers and scientists were invited.

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