The Economic Miracle of the West

Between 2000 and 2012, the level of absolute poverty in the world fell by 50%. The UN set as a goal between 2000 and 2015, the halving of absolute poverty across the world. And so that 12-year period from 2000 to 2012 is the fastest growing,. That was the most rapid economic miracle in human history by a huge margin. Make people rich and the planet improves? Wouldn't that be something we could eat it too?