Beth Macy

John D. Bassett III re-opening a vacant furniture factory in 2012.

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

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.

John D. Bassett III re-opening a vacant furniture factory in 2012.

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