Indeed, there are significant economic risks as Hong Kong reverts to Chinese rule, and the biggest one that could undermine prosperity is corruption.

In firms and in the financial markets, the temptation to drive for short-term profits can sometimes undermine long-term prosperity.

By late summer, the Federal debt will surpass $4 trillion, so large that most economists contend it undermines American prosperity.

But in countries such as the UK, continued growth and the policies which promote it undermine prosperity, which he defines as freedom from adversity or affliction.

If the W.T.O. discourages effective efforts to address major international and domestic environmental problems, in the long run it may undermine prosperity rather than promote it.

Most recently he has defused the issue that probably cost Labor the last election - the fear that it would undermine prosperity with tax-and-spend policies.

There are also anxieties in the markets and industry that economic and monetary union could unleash inflation and undermine the remarkable stability and prosperity that have made West Germany the strongest economy in Europe.

A far more likely problem is that this new drug benefit will exacerbate long-term deficits, which already threaten to drive up interest rates and undermine future prosperity.

As a result, we're seeing an alarming rise in IP crimes - illegal activities that can not only devastate individual lives and legitimate businesses, but undermine our nation's financial stability and prosperity.

But the debt has grown to such size that most economists contend that it undermines American prosperity.