Hypersonic

Interesting post SV ....but I'm not convinced by your argument - the world is in fact getting richer - the wealth and standard of living throughout the entire world has increased enormously over the past century. Of course there have always been poor and desperately poor people in the world and I do believe in helping those in need - but economies do get richer...and not necessarily by "taking" wealth from others - that is a very Marxian way of looking at things.

I'm certainly no expert on these matters, I'm sure members like Bozzor or 450SEL 6.9 could explain it in more depth ....but the value of commodities and resources does increase with demand etc.. and also the education of "human resources" (the population) can translate into economic growth for a nations economy.