空から景げい気き

noun

false prosperity; superficial prosperity

Rare term for an economic or social situation that appears prosperous but lacks substance. Often used in critical or analytical contexts.

• バブル期きの好こう景けい気きは、実じつは空から景げい気きだったと指し摘てきする経けい済ざい学がく者しゃもいる。

  Some economists point out that the boom during the bubble period was actually false prosperity.