Weekend Reading - 2/15

European Stories

Eurozone GDP Growth Rate Improves

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26185159

http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2014-02-14/german-growth-accelerates-as-exports-picked-up

Cultural Sensitivity in International Business

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/09/india-china-britain-empire-soft-power

US Labor Market Developments

US Labor Market – Long-Term Challenges 

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21596529-americas-labour-market-has-suffered-permanent-harm-closing-gap

Tennessee VW Workers Say No to UAW

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/15/us-autos-vw-election-idUSBREA1D1DP20140215

Is the Labor Market Different from Other Markets?

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116608/silicon-valley-labor-scandals-prove-minimum-wage-hikes-dont-cost-jobs

Miscellaneous

Age of Artificial Intelligence

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/02/the-dawn-of-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence/283730/

Peter Beinart on US Exceptionalism

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/02/the-end-of-american-exceptionalism/283540/