I was at the bottom of that negative dip in 2008, and things are only getting worse.
Being in that negative change bit between 80-85% in a developed country is a struggle. Where I live there are people who go to the foodbank to feed their family despite being in full time work. Children go to school unfed. There are people in full time work who sleep in homeless shelters in London.
Things improving in developing countries is great, no question, but this does not excuse the ignoring and disbelieving of poverty happening in developed countries. This is a problem that needs to be fixed ASAP, because if you leave it for us poor people to fix it you may not like the solution.
