Berlusconi capitalised on discontent over the nation's stagnating economy and the unpopularity of Prodi's government. The city languished after the second world war, with unemployment and development stagnating. Previous researchers have asserted that the South faced stagnating or falling demand for its cotton. It keeps the population from stagnating in the early stages of the evolution. Jenkinson hoped that regular football would restart his stagnating career. With sales stagnating, the company decided to pull out of the comics business in 1998. The party was stagnating, and Tyndall's "political career was now on borrowed time".