Boeke believed in a stark separation between the modern, capitalist style of economic organization that prevailed in the West and the pre-capitalist, traditional mode that predominated in what were then called “underdeveloped areas.”
Boeke credeva nella separazione netta tra lo stile capitalista e moderno del sistema economico prevalente in occidente ed il modello pre-capitalista e tradizionale predominante nelle aree al tempo definite come “sottosviluppate”.