Regenerative Capital Theory

RCTThe Fourth Capital Class

Capitalload-bearing — the argument runs through it

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Establishes regenerative capital as a distinct economic paradigm—a fourth capital class alongside debt, equity, and grants.

Where it sits. Root paper defining regenerative capital as a category.

The long-form argument for this work still lives on the existing explainer at /explainer/regenerative-capital-theory. This page carries the abstract and the corpus metadata — the frame the argument would move into unchanged.

Key termsEconomic Theory · Public Finance · Capital Classes

In the canonspineload-bearing — the argument runs through it

The paperRegenerative Capital Theory: Beyond Debt, Equity, and Grants — read it on SSRN →

Nearby in the corpus

Also in Capital

The works either side of this one in the canon order — what it builds on and what builds on it.

Perennial Social CapitalPSCThe Mathematical Engine→Regenerative Cycle ArchitectureRCAThe Meta-Theory→Alignment CapitalACFormal Operators→

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Three directions out

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Measure itinstrumentsRun the measurement this argument implies against your own institution.→The library65 worksEvery work, by layer, with the argument and the paper side by side.→In the field2 liveWhere the argument has met real money and published dates.→