The 2000 election might have been a pivot point, since the peace and relative prosperity of the 1990s had taken much of the sting out of the scare words of the previous generation, but Bush's response to 9/11 brought a new round of fear - mongering right back into the political toolbox — so much for «compassionate conservatism». (epolitics.com)
This violent history also remains hidden because it is clothed in relative prosperity; it's no longer naked in the way it was 80 or 90 years ago, and it's therefore more difficult to talk about. (religion-online.org)
Our productivity growth is sliding which reflects deteriorating relative prosperity. (rbc.com)