October 20, 2023

Saifedean Ammous Talks About His Book "The Bitcoin Standard" And The Origins Of The Israel Palestine Conflict

1 hour 42 minutes

About this interview:

Dr Saifedean Ammous is an internationally best-selling economist and author. In 2018, Ammous authored The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking, the best-selling book on bitcoin, published in 37 languages. In 2021, he published The Fiat Standard: The Debt Slavery Alternative to Human Civilization, available in 12 languages. In May 2023, Saifedean published his latest book, Principles of Economics, a comprehensive textbook in economics in the Austrian school tradition.

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 Masters in Development Management from the London School of Economics, and a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from the American University of Beirut.

I didn't know this when I reached out to Saifedean, but it turns out he is palestinian. In the last 30 minutes or so he talks about the origin of the Israel-palestine conflict. Please listen with an open heart and mind.

I hope you enjoy the conversation.

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saifedean.com

Twitter
Saifedean

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