That term was actually coined by economists, Prescott and Mehra; it's now in general use. That is, it just seems that stocks so much outperform other investments.

这个术语是由经济学家,普雷斯科特和梅拉提出,现在被广泛引用,这表明股票收益远超其他投资

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