the us dollar has dropped 40% from 120 to 70 in the past 10 years on the dollar index and precious metals have gone up: gold by 6 times and silver by 11 times in the past ten years. 

we have a bigger economy and may take longer but  we are on the same path in the same place.

now i do realize their standard of living is much worse than us....... 

grains have rallied also and its not only because there are more hungry people.....