Are you implying that all countries except the US were poor in the 1950s? While the US was at the head of the per-capita GDP ranking in 1950, there were others

Are you implying that all countries except the US were poor in the 1950s? While the US was at the head of the per-capita GDP ranking in 1950, there were others that followed close: http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Economy/GDP-per-capita-in-1950 http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Economy/GDP-p... Notably Venezuela was 4th, which seems especially sad given the recent developments there.