Intangible Flow Theory in Economics: Human Participation in Economic and Societal Production

ISBN-13: 9780367644154 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 324 str.

Tiago Cardao-Pito

Opis

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.

Recenzje

"This book by Tiago Cardao-Pito contains many significant achievements. Most importantly, it provides a novel perspective for appreciating the reality of socioeconomic provisioning processes that has the potential to refine our ontological conceptions, without constraining established accounts."

Jakob Kapeller, Accounting, Economics and Law: A Convivium

"[T]his is a book that is impressive in the variety of topics addressed, ranging from sociology, political theory, economics, and, especially, classical philosophy and metaphysics...[T]he readership will encounter a well-grounded theoretical book that adds new complexities to the already contested economic theories on hedonism, rational choice, and, especially, the mastering of what empirical data can actually show."

Felipe Torres, economic sociology: perspectives and conversations

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Tiago Cardao-Pito is an assistant professor at ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa (University of Lisbon), Portugal.