Comment Re:Name that classic SF story (Score 2, Informative) 397
It's "The Big Bounce" by Walter S. Tevis, written in 1958. It's in the great short story collection "Where Do We Go From Here?" edited by Asimov.
http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/sf/books/a/as imov.htm
http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/sf/books/t/wl trstvs.htm
http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/sf/books/a/a
http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/sf/books/t/w