economic prosperity
Widespread material wellbeing
Economic prosperity describes a condition of financial well-being and growth, typically applied to nations, regions, or communities rather than individuals.
It suggests not just wealth but thriving conditions—rising incomes, low unemployment, expanding opportunity: The postwar years brought unprecedented economic prosperity.
Politicians invoke it constantly as both goal and promise.
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- exportsGoods sold abroad
- GDPNational output abbreviation
- per capita incomeMean individual monetary gain
- rising tideOcean level increasing
social mobility · equal opportunity · poverty alleviation · job creation · industrialization · capital · entrepreneurship · small business · imports · healthcare access · affordable housing · wages · cost of living · investment · savings · financial markets · living standards · assets
- SwitzerlandBern, Geneva, Zurich, Basel, Lausanne
- baby boomersbaby boomers, post-war generation, me generation, retirees, retirement age
- 1898 AmericaSpanish-American War, USS Maine, McKinley, Rough Riders, Cuba
- Truman EraTruman, Truman Doctrine, Fair Deal, buck stops here, whistle-stop tour
economic prosperityeconomic depression
Sustained economic contraction
recession · economic collapse · poverty · destitution · economic decline
economic prosperityfinancial crisis
Severe economic system breakdown
market crash · bankruptcy · fiscal crisis · debt crisis · hyperinflation
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