Important things to achieve prosperity are stable government without wasteful government spending, and making sure that societies are well educated and have good schools. Some positive and negative factors in our current economic condition in the US are, prices have gone way up, and business are being closed due to the economy and pandemic. A contrary that the US should emulate is Switzerland because they have a very stable economy, they are not overpopulated, they have one of the lowest crime rates in the world, and they make great Swiss cheese!