The Midas Plague

Pohl, Frederik. "The Midas Plague." Galaxy April 1954. Coll. The Best of Frederik Pohl. Lester del Rey, introd. New York: Ballantine, 1975. Frequently rpt., including The Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Vol. IIB. Ben Bova, ed. New York: Avon, 1974.

Comic handling of how to deal with the plague of affluence in a world where "Everything is mechanized," and "Too many robots make too much of everything." Cf. J. Gunn's "Little Orphan Android," cited this Category.

Briefly but usefully discussed in Wikipedia entry, here.[1]

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