Dr. Saifedean Ammous (Arabic: د. سيف الدين عموص) is Assistant Professor of economics at the Adnan Kassar School of Business at Lebanese American University. Ammous is an expert on and proponent of cryptocurrency, and is the author of the forthcoming book Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central

Banking, to be published by John Wiley & Sons on 24 April 2018.

His latest book is called Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking which has instantly become a must-read in the blockchain space.

Ammous was born in the country of Palestine and grew up in the city of Ramallah. As a teenager he would move to Lebanon, where he continues to live with his family.

Following his graduation from the American University of Beirut in 2003 with a BE in mechanical engineering, Ammous went on to earn a MSc in development management from the London School of Economics in 2004, followed by a MA (2006), MPhil (2007), and PhD (2011) in sustainable development from Columbia University.

After graduating from college in Beirut, he was appointed as a teaching assistant at Columbia University in New York three times after Jeffrey Sachs’ Challenges of sustainable development course, and other graduate courses. He would eventually also become an instructor for many years.

He was also a visiting scholar at Columbia University on Capitalism and Society.

He was an associate professor of economics at the Lebanese American University for many years. He was also a lecturer in economics.

Ammous has written extensively as well as given talks concerning crypto-economics and other important details about the technology.

He has written a book called Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Bankingconcerning the rise of Bitcoin and how it was able to grow into the economy.

The Bitcoin standard: the decentralized alternative to central banking Ammous - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. - 2018

Ammous, S. & Phelps, E. (2015).

Climate Change, the Knowledge Problem and the Good Life.

The Journal of Private Enterprise, 30 (1), 35-44.

Ammous, S. (2012).

Arab Corporatism.*Proceedings of the 2012 Economic Research Forum: Pre- Conference Workshop on The Political Economy of Arab Awakening,*Egypt.

Ammous, S. (2011).Biofuels: Science and Policy in Alternative Energy (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Columbia University, NY, USA.

Ammous, S., Stiglitz, J., Howse, R. & Habib-Mintz, N. (2010).

Biofuels Policies and their Impacts.

Initiative for Policy Dialogue’s Hewlett project.

Ammous has appeared in RT (TV network) as a guest on the Keiser Report where he shined light regarding economics in Tunisia and Lebanon.

Ammous has also given live talks at academic conferences in different cities around the world.