In short, it is the utopian planning world liberals have always wanted.

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It is a utopian suggestion, no doubt.

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If all of it sounds a little utopian, maybe it is.

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It will fail first in its own terms, because laisser-faire is a Utopian folly: it cannot be built, only (unsuccessfully) attempted.

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It sounds Utopian, but it is nothing more than the breaking down of social barriers created by sheets of metal and glass and four wheels.

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For old lefties like Mr Talat and Mr Christofias, who take the line that their island's people would get along fine if ultra-nationalists in their respective motherlands would only allow it, this is a resonant, if rather Utopian, call to action.

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The dangerous confusion is, as so often in well-meaning economic rule-making, one of mistaking an ideal-utopian labor world (where even unskilled workers make a decent living from the get-go) with the world as it is: one where the value-creation of labor, not utopian ideals, sets the price.

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But the resulting book is not just unfailingly readable: it is also a provocative, enlightening and welcome riposte to the cyber-utopian worldview.

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People in cities and towns have an utopian view of living in the countryside, but unless you have the money it is far from idyllic, although I am sure 99.9% would not change for living in town.

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But Google's (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) utopian project has hit a few bumps in the five months since it was announced, and Google is in the rare position of having to defend itself.

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