Because the US has mastered the art of selling expensive technology.

For example, "Salesmen pushed customers to buy products or services that they might not have otherwise purchased.

They were particularly good at introducing new products to customers.

For instance, the cost of selling the first electric refrigerators in the early twentieth century was very high as salesmen worked to convince homeowners of the value of the new machine over the traditional delivery of ice."

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