Saifedean AmmousSaifedean Ammous is an internationally bestselling economist and author. In 2018, Ammous authored The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking, the bestselling book on bitcoin, published in thirty-seven languages. In 2021, h published The Fiat Standard: The Debt Slavery Alternative to Human Civilization, available in twenty-six languages. In 2023, Saifedean published Principles of Economics, a comprehensive textbook in economics in the Austrian school tradition, published in fourteen languages. Saifedean teaches courses on the economics of bitcoin, and economics in the Austrian school tradition, on his online learning platform Saifedean.com, and also hosts The Bitcoin Standard Podcast.Saifedean was a professor of economics at the Lebanese American University from 2009 to 2019. He holds a PhD in Sustainable Development from Columbia University, a master's in development management from the London School of Economics, and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the American University of Beirut. Read More Read Less