# capital (financial)

money that is used to create more value

- Computed level: L17 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: finance  ·  Arena: capital

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [money](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-money.economic), [value](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-value.worth), [create](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-create.production), [use](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-use.application)

**Through:** money and value interact through use and creation, enabling the generation of additional worth

**Novel properties:**
- self-expanding value
- productive application of resources
- value creation beyond exchange

## Examples
- In 2008, Warren Buffett invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs during the financial crisis, acquiring preferred shares and warrants. *(economics)*
- The Mars Curiosity rover cost $2.5 billion to build and operates using solar-powered systems to conduct geological research. *(engineering)*
- In 2020, the Linux Foundation hosted critical open-source infrastructure development, funded by member dues from tech companies. *(computing)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-capital.financial*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-capital.financial.json*  
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