Jamin Casciato has spent years studying sustainable development throughout the world. He has taught economics in East Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, and has traveled extensively among the local communities of the regions, studying traditional exchange models, local social customs, and sustainable methods of production. He has also spent time among the nomadic communities of northern India, Egypt, and Mongolia, and has done field research in Peru, Laos, and Nepal. He studied at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.