Gresham's law the building of the Temple from the Bible and the Mishna in tractate Bava Metzia () from the Talmud. Ibn Taimiyyah (1263–1328) described the phenomenon as follows: In an influential theoretical article, Rolnick and Weber (1986) argued that bad money would drive good money to a premium, rather than driving it out of circulation. However, their research did not take into account the context in which Gresham had made his observation. Rolnick and Weber ignored the influence of legal tender legislation, which requires people to accept both good and bad money as if they were of equal value. They also
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Alexander says tomorrow things must not get any worse. On Saturday, January 13, 1990, the book was adapted into a 30-minute animated musical television special that was produced by Klasky Csupo and aired on HBO in the United States. While the special is mostly true to the book, the following differences are: This special features 12 more bad things for Alexander: The special also includes 4 good things to show the audience that even a bad day can have something good in it: Although mentioned, the three following bad things are not shown in the special: The special also included