I am leaving the IEA as of 1 Jan 2019. I will miss it. But I won't miss the endless "who funds you?" tweets. They reveal a profound misunderstanding of the kind of people who work at think tanks and what motivates them. And always irrelevant to the issue at hand. So stupid.
@Lee_Saks@dan_graeber But Repsol and CEPSA have already stopped buying Iranian crude and show no sign they are about to restart, so I think the foreign minister's statement is fairly empty
I have come to the realization that being well-cultured is just a process of becoming increasingly cynical about everything you encounter. Usually with unspoken goal of ruining things for yourself, that others easily enjoy - typically trading them for things you don’t.
Another euro area investment chart that may surprise you: looking back over 1999-2017, France is well ahead of the pack, Germany is merely catching up, Spain has recovered from a massive bubble-burst episode, and Italy is Italy.
As we mark the memory of Kristallnacht in 1938, a night of anti-Semitic violence and a turning point in the vicious persecution of Jews, let it be a reminder that we must stand up against prejudice and hate, wherever it appears.