Free Speech and Quality Speech
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In an era of information overload, we face the problem that too much information is equivalent to too little. But we also face a more serious problem: a Gresham’s law of information in which bad information is driving out good information. Gresham’s law also holds for speech and is thus relevant to the many speech-related upheavals occurring on college and university campuses that we’ve read about repeatedly (and, by now, ad nauseam).
Originally published: December 6, 2017
Author: Judith Shapiro
Position: President Emerita
Institution: Barnard College
Published by: Inside Higher Ed