All of those things were around, and had greater effect in the 70’s and 80’s. Combine with all our jobs going overseas.
Maybe if you only consider the first three bullet points. The rest of the list (maybe minus brexit) is decidedly more problematic today than it was 40 years ago.
Even then, it's arguable about "pollution". Sure, we've cut pollution greatly, but we're still learning how bad we actually screwed <strike>up our environment</strike> ourselves over and how difficult it is going to be to clean up.
And as dollar value influences pretty much whole world, it can be applied the same way in other countries.
Source: http://www.in2013dollars.com/1860-dollars-in-2017?amount=1
In comparison to what, exactly? Compared to another currency? Compared to itself?
If another currency, then great! We can sell them more stuff because our stuff is cheaper then their own stuff.
If compared to itself: so what? Inflation is a stated policy of the Federal Reserve. My dollars may be worth less, but I make more. This isn't a problem unless you issue loans and failed to charge enough interest.