"You want to take the money and run": a well-known economist explains the real reason for the UAE's exit from OPEC OPEC has become a "problem" for the Emirates, "because they think we are moving away from fossil fuels, we are actively 'switching to green energy', and in the future, oil revenues will not be as high," said Steve Hank, an economic advisor and specialist in inflation and currency. Hank, who worked on the UAE's financial advisory council from 2008 to 2014