The 2015 program will feature a live webcast panel discussion with Robert Rubin; Sheldon Day; Daniel Rosen; and Stephen Orlins. The panel will discuss Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States. This will be followed by our on-site speaker, William Hurst, associate professor of political science at Northwestern University. He will speak on “Consultative Authoritarianism versus Political Decay: Politics at the Grassroots in China Today.” CAS Speaker Series. Monday, Oct. 5, 5 p.m. Eaton Humanities 250, CU-Boulder.