Capital Institute

Capital Institute

 

We provide a Collaborative Space to explore and effect economic transition to a more just, resilient, and sustainable way of living on this earth through the transformation of finance.

Listening to Occupy Wall Street

Listening to Occupy Wall Street

 

Join us as we explore what Occupy Wall Street means for our work at Capital Institute.

Field Guide to Investing in a Resilient Economy

Field Guide to Investing in a Resilient Economy

 

Creating the narrative for the transformation of finance as we chronicle the progress of transformative, real-world investment models

Financial Transactions Tax

Financial Transactions Tax

 

Capital Institute supports a global financial transactions tax. Understand the systems-based logic in our thinking and our defense to FTT critics in a series of essays, press briefings, and webinars. 

Stranded Assets

Stranded Assets

A $20 trillion “externality” appears to present civilization with its BIG CHOICE: economic destruction or ecological destruction, both with chilling global security implications.  Here’s why, along with a practical and more hopeful alternative to “Sophie’s Choice.”

What's New

Read and contribute to the deep thinking happening in the comments section of the Future of Finance blog.
A new think tank focuses on policymaking's critical role in the shift to a sustainable economy.
Watch part two of "Money, Power and Wall Street" airing on May 1st 2012
Peter Victor discusses growth at the recent INET conference in Berlin.
Leading economists and journalists come together to discuss the OWS movement

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Conversations

Tony Greenham On Why We Need “Investment Grade” Policymaking

After having spent his early career in the City of London, Tony Greenham now leads the finance and business research team at the New Economics Foundation.  In Capital Institute’s latest Braintrust profile, Greenham talks about how he lost faith in the unfettered capital markets, what it will take to transform the mainstream banking sector,  the value of his involvement in the Transition Towns movement, and why we need “investment grade” policymaking. Read more


John Fullerton Featured on PBS Frontline

Capital Institute Founder John Fullerton was briefly featured on PBS Frontline's "Money, Power and Wall Street," a four-hour investigative documentary of the 2008 financial crisis. Watch the clip above as John reflects on his career and the changing culture of Wall Street.

 

The Future of Finance Blog

10 Questions JPMorgan’s Board of Directors Should be Asking

Much has been written about the trading—not hedging—debacle at JPMorgan.  Jamie Dimon’s mea culpa is intended to head off...


Flawed, Ignorant and Dangerous: A Bain Capital Partner’s Worldview

“At base, having a small elite with vast wealth is good for the poor and the middle class.” 

This is how Adam...


Is There a Case for Public Banking in America?

Last week I participated in the inaugural Public Banking Institute conference in Philadelphia...


Events

Join us in June at Bard College as trans-disciplinary thought leaders across the spectrum gather together to forge strategies for a New Economy: