Gresham’s Law
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Gresham’s Law is an economic principle stating that “bad money drives out good,” meaning that when two forms of money with the same face value but different intrinsic values circulate together, the more valuable money tends to disappear from circulation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gresham's law | 1 |
| Gresham’s Law canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20022892 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gresham’s Law Context triple: [Sir Thomas Gresham, hasLawNamedAfter, Gresham’s Law]
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Dollar Law
Dollar Law is a prominent hill in the Tweedsmuir Hills range in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, known for its rounded summit and expansive moorland surroundings.
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Say's law
Say's law is a classical economic principle asserting that aggregate supply inherently creates an equivalent level of aggregate demand, implying that general overproduction in an economy is unlikely.
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The High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Notes
"The High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Notes" is an 1810 pamphlet by David Ricardo that argued rising gold prices reflected the depreciation of paper currency and helped lay foundations for modern monetary theory.
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Aitken’s Law
Aitken’s Law is a phonological rule in Scots and Scottish English that governs when vowels are pronounced long or short depending on their phonetic and morphological environment.
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E.
The Ultimate Standard of Value
The Ultimate Standard of Value is an economic work that examines the fundamental basis for measuring and comparing value within a market system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gresham’s Law Target entity description: Gresham’s Law is an economic principle stating that “bad money drives out good,” meaning that when two forms of money with the same face value but different intrinsic values circulate together, the more valuable money tends to disappear from circulation.
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A.
Dollar Law
Dollar Law is a prominent hill in the Tweedsmuir Hills range in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, known for its rounded summit and expansive moorland surroundings.
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B.
Say's law
Say's law is a classical economic principle asserting that aggregate supply inherently creates an equivalent level of aggregate demand, implying that general overproduction in an economy is unlikely.
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C.
The High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Notes
"The High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Notes" is an 1810 pamphlet by David Ricardo that argued rising gold prices reflected the depreciation of paper currency and helped lay foundations for modern monetary theory.
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D.
Aitken’s Law
Aitken’s Law is a phonological rule in Scots and Scottish English that governs when vowels are pronounced long or short depending on their phonetic and morphological environment.
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E.
The Ultimate Standard of Value
The Ultimate Standard of Value is an economic work that examines the fundamental basis for measuring and comparing value within a market system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gresham’s Law