Scrappers: The Heartbreaking Photographic Tale of An Economic Disaster

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Scrappers

http://www.blurb.com/books/4136540-scrappers

Veteran Dayton Daily News business and economics reporter Steve Bennish says 30 years of bad trade agreements and policies are among the reasons America’s economy is in peril.

“You need to ask yourself why our top export to China is scrap metal. The artifacts of our middle class life are ending up in a scrapyard,” said Bennish, author of the new book ‘Scrappers: Dayton Ohio and America go to scrap.’

“We are in an economic and political crisis.”

The book is available for a limited time for free review at Blurb.com.

Bennish said the book will reveal to readers “how the dark side of globalization is impacting them everyday.”

“It is not just a picture book,” he said.”The landscape of our economy is being set by global and national forces that are removed from the local economy and local political structures.”

A soft cover copy of the book can be purchased at Blurb.com for about $44. An instant PDF version can be downloaded for $7.

Bennish, who has been a journalist for 26 years, said the book coincides with “Fighting the Trade War,” an ongoing series of Dayton Daily News articles dealing with the national and local manufacturing industry.

About 200 factories closed in Montgomery County between 2001 and 2012, Bennish writes in his book, citing the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Statewide, 3,500 factors closed during that same period.

The Michigan native said he symbolically shot the majority of the photos for the book using a Holga 120N camera, which is imported from China, and film made by Kodak, an American company that recently filed for bankruptcy.

Americans have come to rely heavily on items manufactured in other nations, Bennish said.

“What does this tell us about where America is going?” he asked. “It is a full on disaster, and there are not enough people in positions of power who are willing to tell you that.”

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1. our president and congress selling us out one "trade" agreement at a time nt