Just in case you are optimistic about the world economy. Don't be. There are risks of deflation in Europe. This article explains why positive inflation is a good thing.
Here are some articles from the NYT and The Economist on Spain and an interesting podcast from Planet Money (NPR) on one Caja in Spain.
This article explains the different types of unemployment: Frictional, Cyclical, Structural.
And then I have a series of articles on Spain from 2009 to 2014. The 2009 article is explaining the dual labour market in Spain (something we talked about). The more recent articles (2012-2014) are about reforms.
This is a recent article on the Spanish recovery from the NYT, apparently things are finally back to where they were before the crisis. So it has taken a decade.
And a podcast from NPR on Cajasur in Cordoba
Here is the article I mentioned in class about the decline in Argentina.
Here is an interesting video and article from the New York Times on solar and wind energy sources in Germany and the impact on utilities such as RWE