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Here’s how an American furniture maker battled globalization, for his employees

July 15, 2014Business, Economics and Jobs

Beth Macy’s new book “Factory Man” tells the story of a furniture maker in Virginia who took on the Asian factories that produced inexpensive knock-offs of American furniture. In the story,we meet the people who have been hurt, and helped, by globalization.

Here’s how an American furniture maker battled globalization, for his employees

July 15, 2014Business, Economics and Jobs

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