This only gives part of the picture, economic wealth is only a partial proxy for quality of life. The poorest 5% in the US are e.g. disproportionally affected by disease, mental illness and various forms of economically oppressive arrangements such as high debt or the requirement to work multiple minimum-wage jobs.<p>Your link is interesting from a pure economic wealth perspective. But it is certainly not correct to claim that the poorest 5% of the US is better off than the richest 5% of India, which is easy to misread from these statistics.<p>In a sense, we are all kings compared to the Middle Age. This is truly wonderful and well worth remembering. But not everyone is living the life of kings.