For the world in general, yes. For the US middle-class? Medical expenses and college tuition are both exploding, so they are finding it increasingly hard to ma

For the world in general, yes. For the US middle-class? Medical expenses and college tuition are both exploding, so they are finding it increasingly hard to make ends meet. Yes cars are safer, cellphones so much better and so on, but it just doesn't add up to enough. Plus all it takes is one wrong move by Putin or Kimmy and all that progress goes up in a mushroom cloud.