“History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums.”

—  Alan Greenspan

At a symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 26, 2005 http://www.federalreserve.gov/Boarddocs/Speeches/2005/20050826/default.htm.
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