Again, the positive side of this is, 50 years back the resources of China and India could only support may be 1/5th of their current population. However with g

Again, the positive side of this is, 50 years back the resources of China and India could only support may be 1/5th of their current population. However with green revolution, white revolution, cheaper energy sources living has been sustainable. I will agree that US is not relatively as rich compared to other nations as it was once before, but that is not the point Kristof is making, he is talking about how most people in the world are making the cut to reach a basic std of living (which I think is more important than some rich countries slightly backsliding?).