American unconventional economist, impact investor, writer, and founder and president of the Capital Institute. Author of Regenerative Capitalism and the eight principles of a regenerative economy.
Contribution
Fullerton left a career on Wall Street to found the Capital Institute, which explores the economic transition required to address the interconnected ecological and social crises of the twenty-first century. His Regenerative Capitalism framework articulates eight principles that a regenerative economy must embody, drawing from living-systems science to argue that economic systems, like ecosystems, must operate within biophysical boundaries and cultivate the conditions for life to flourish.
The eight principles of regenerative economics are: right relationship, innovative and adaptive responsiveness, robust circulatory flow, empowered participation, the capacity to honor community and place, edge effect abundance, seeks balance, and views wealth holistically. These principles draw on the same living-systems logic that informs the BioConomy’s approach to bioregional economics.
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Sources
- Fullerton, J.B. (2015). Regenerative Capitalism. Capital Institute.
Provenance
Extracted from the BioHub Glossary CSV export (Notion, August 2026). Enriched August 2027 from the Roam Research graph (MichaelHaupt): biographical detail, eight principles, digital library PDF, and external links added.