Gresham's law, technology, and education. (technology can be detrimental to learning)

From: Phi Delta Kappan | Date: March 1, 1994| Author: McCluskey, Lawrence | Copyright information

Technology may produce unanticipated and perhaps unpleasant consequences, Mr. McCluskey warns. He cites McCluskey's Corollary to Gresham's Law to support his case.

SIR THOMAS Gresham, an Englishman who died in 1579, gave his name to the economic postulate that "bad money drives out good." According to the New Columbia Encyclopedia, this principle: means that, "when depreciated, mutilated, or debased coinage (or currency) is in concurrent circulation with money of high va...

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