‘A Path to Post-Growth Pensions’ Webinar Recording
On Feb. 4th, 2026, the team from Arketa Institute presented the key insights from their paper 'A Path to Post-Growth Pensions'.
The conversation was moderated by Gaya Herrington, author of the 2020 update of the classic 'Limits to Growth' report.
The webinar focused on the central idea we offer in the paper:
Since pensions-as-usual are not future fit, we need to shift our goal from delivering paychecks for pensioners to enabling wellbeing in retirement.
Steve Rocco introduced the challenges facing pension funds today, the dangers of the vast underestimation of risks still prevalent in financial markets, and the underlying economic theory that allows serious mispricing to persist.
Anastasia Linn presented a new way forward, walking through the concept of multicapital savings and how we can apply that to build the forms of value and security we really need in retirement.
Matt Orsagh closed the conversation by talking about the barriers and opportunities we face in implementing these changes. While we discuss legal and institutional aspects, ultimately all of the hurdles that are holding us back are cultural.
The discussion also featured three Q&A sessions with engagement from the audience.
Full Webinar Recording:
Links & Resources Mentioned
Arketa Institute's first paper ‘By Disaster or Design’: https://www.arketa-institute.org/resources/by-disaster-or-design
Research from Alex Edmans (London Business School), Tom Gosling (London Business School), and Dirk Jenter (London School of Economics) on how sustainable finance and traditional investing are hardly distinguishable in practice: https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2024/10/07/sustainable-investing-evidence-from-the-field/
Loading the DICE Against Pensions by Carbon Tracker: https://carbontracker.org/reports/loading-the-dice-against-pensions/
Institute and Faculty of Actuaries Planetary Insolvency Report: https://actuaries.org.uk/media/wqeftma1/planetary-solvency-finding-our-balance-with-nature.pdf
For an overview of the pillars in a post-growth context, see Laura Wiman’s paper ‘Are pensions growth dependent?’ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15487733.2024.2372874
LSE Research on the popularity of degrowth policies in the US / UK: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519625002049#appsec1
The Hidden Business Majority report, also from LSE, which found that 86% of business people in the US and UK support post-growth business practices, but assume their colleagues don’t feel the same way: https://www.lse.ac.uk/pbs/assets/documents/miles-krpan-basso-post-growth-business-study.pdf
The ‘Relationalized Finance’ and bioregional investment-focused paper mentioned by Matt: https://www.bollier.org/files/misc-file-upload/files/Relationalized_Finance_essay_version_1.0_December_8_2025.pdf
A short list of climate emotion-related resources (there are many more out there)
You can also search for ‘climate cafes’ in your community, or start one yourself!
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