Millennials’ living standards decrease. A new book profiles 35 female entrepreneurs in the Middle East. Electric bikes change the transportation game in China. These stories have hit the must-read lists of the Aspen Institute this week. Our programs have been scouring their respective issue areas to find and share the most insightful and informative links.
Scroll down to see tweets from across the Institute about what’s topical right now. Follow our @AspenInstitute list on Twitter for updates and to keep up with each program’s events, video, and experts, and let us know what you’re reading in the comments section below.
Check out the new book #Arab Women Rising on 35 female entrepreneurs in the Middle East http://t.co/n6DIE0IIds #womensday #MENA
— PartnersNewBeginning (@US_PNB) March 7, 2014
.@PJCrowley: "A Crimean secession would be a bitter pill for a new Ukrainian government to accept" http://t.co/wwKv6KqGdZ
— Aspen Security Forum (@AspenSecurity) March 6, 2014
E-Bikes Bring Individual and Sustainable Transport to China http://t.co/h78GagQBfM
— AMP (@AMPGlobal) March 6, 2014
.@oecd Research finds that US has among the weakest labor protections for #tempwork. http://t.co/W6BdwtDeNS @AspenMicro @AspenBizSociety
— Workforce Strategies (@AspenWorkforce) March 5, 2014
A budget to make college possible: http://t.co/HHYkVA67s4 h/t @AnnMaura
— The Franklin Project (@FranklinProj) March 4, 2014
Millennials may face a lower standard of living than their parents – a generational first: http://t.co/z19GGbd7z3
— Aspen Ascend (@AspenAscend) March 3, 2014