The dominant economic explanations of the twentieth century are not comprehensive enough to describe the complexity of economy and society, and their reliance on the biosphere. This book outlines a new theory which challenges both economics and the relativism conveyed in social constructivism, poststructuralism and postmodernism.

Part 1. Introduction (1) A new theory, economics and relativism Part 2. Intangible Flow Theory (2) Introducing Intangible Flow Theory (3) Monetary flows and commodities (4) New scientific law: We humans are not commodities, assets, capital or resources (5) Operating product flows enhancing human survival and existence (6) Non-deconstructable flows and countering relativism Part 3. Origins of the human commodity framework in mainstream economics and Marxism (7) Adam Smith's synthesis and the human commodity framework (8) Theory of human in mainstream economics: Utilitarianism as hedonism allegedly measurable in money (9) Intangible Flow Theory is not aligned with quantitative nor qualitative utilitarianism (10) Ricardo, Malthus, and the human commodity framework into context (11) Prototypes of hedonist arguments (12) Hedonist theory of value, production and existence emerges (13) Humans, human flows and Mother Nature integrated upon the hedonist market parable (14) Human commodity framework origins and its possible elimination