ABSTRACT
The eight forms of wealth—intellectual, individual, social, political, natural, built, cultural, and financial capital—are defined and described. The concept of a sustainable economy that does not exploit one type of wealth to create another is introduced along with the roles that investment and consumption play in sustainable economies and the dangers of overreliance on consumption. Concepts of stocks and flows are introduced as a fundamental distinction in systems thinking. The Wealth Matrix is presented as a tool to identify stocks of wealth available in a given place and to use in planning and evaluating wealth creation interventions.
