Roentgen Standard, The

Publication date: 
1980-07
Publication type: 
Non-Fiction
Published: 
Omni, July 1980
Opus No.: 
125
Setting: 
N/A
Summary: 

A short article where Niven postulates, "Just what do you do with decaying radioactive waste?" His solution: turn it into currency, creating a fast-moving economy where money literally would burn a hole in your pocket...

Notes: 

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Printed in Limits as "Yet Another Modest Proposal." Niven's published bibliographies list it as October 1981, but Carol's research indicates it appeared in July 1980