Day 1,043: autarky

In practice Germany under Hitler never achieved autarky and depended on the import of oil.

Artwork of the day 
Price of Gasoline in the Third World
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Date: 1982
Style: Neo-Expressionism, Street art
Genre: figurative
Media: acrylic, crayon, canvas, paper
Location: Private Collection
Dimensions: 152.5 x 305 cm

Word of the day 
autarky: economic independence

Quote of the day
“Autarky has never promoted prosperity.”
― Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First