Sure, reducing demand also works. My point is that when people have enough money to survive and have extra income, but not enough money to hope to ever afford t

Sure, reducing demand also works. My point is that when people have enough money to survive and have extra income, but not enough money to hope to ever afford their dream life, they tend to use that money in ways that result in confused articles about the rise of socialist engineers. Bernie-ism is basically people who were promised a comfy white collar life in exchange for getting a college degree and are pissed to learn that this ship has sailed. The decent jobs are here and the affordable houses are there, take your pick.