John Doggett, senior lecturer in the Management Department, spoke to Public Radio International’s "The World" Nov. 3 about the China-bashing that took place this election season.

China was a popular target to blame the unemployment crisis on, for both parties. Doggett said that the criticism will continue post-election.

“Because it’s obviously somebody else’s fault, it cannot be the fault of America’s government that we’re in this predicament,” Doggett quipped.

However, he said that riding this wave into the halls of Congress will not make for good economic policy.

“Rather than complain that China is stealing our jobs, American politicians need to take a more sophisticated approach," said Doggett. "If American companies don’t shift jobs overseas, they’ll collapse.”

He used Apple as an example. Every Apple product that Americans own, except for the software, is made in China. Apple is a global company with significant profit, tax and job generation in the United States. Doggett asks if it is a problem that the hardware is not made in the United States.

Doggett pointed out that something noticeably absent from the campaign trail this season was the complaint about protests of China’s record of human rights violations.

“In the midst of the worst recession in two generations, American voters simply don’t care about that anymore.”

Listen to the full broadcast.