Date: 2020-10-17 02:40 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kengr
There's a short story by Dr. Robert Forward that has natives on one world using uranium (or possibly plutonium) for coinage.

The main character gets obsessed for gathering money. When he throws the last bag into the money pit... Boom.

Last line is "there are no millionaires on [planet name]"
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