Yes they wrote a book called *Abundance* which argues that government regulations are behind America's inability to build houses or even just make stuff more generally 

Unfortunately I don't think they have much cachet among modern young progressives, their audience is probably more the boomer libs 

They do? That's interesting. In regards to the drift towards socialism. I often wonder if those people are just finally admitting what they have always believed. I think many people are cowards and as soon as someone becomes more accepted they jump on the bandwagon. Socialism used to have more a stigma. Not nearly what it should have had but it has less and less of a stigma. I encounter more and more people that come right up to the edge of advocating socialism.

But in most cases it doesn't seem like they really get what socialism actually is. 

kepford

econ

Government Intervention, Not BlackRock, Is To Blame For The Housing Crisis

Seems like even arch-liberals Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson understand this, but even their base is moving leftwards towards foolish socialism.
