Saifedean Ammous
Economist and Bitcoin author
Saifedean Ammous is a Palestinian-Jordanian economist and author. He wrote The Bitcoin Standard, a book on the economics of Bitcoin.
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Born 1980 in Palestinian Territory, Occupied
About Saifedean Ammous
Saifedean Ammous is an economist and author, born in 1980. In 2018 he wrote The Bitcoin Standard, which sets out the economics of Bitcoin from an Austrian economics viewpoint and criticizes modern fiat currencies. He later published The Fiat Standard in 2021, and in 2023 he released Principles of Economics, an introduction to economics in the Austrian school tradition. Ammous taught economics at the Lebanese American University from 2009 to 2019. His degrees include a doctorate in sustainable development from Columbia University, a master's in development management from the London School of Economics, and a mechanical engineering degree from the American University of Beirut. He also runs courses on Bitcoin economics and Austrian economics through his own online learning platform, and he hosts The Bitcoin Standard Podcast.