Implicit theories	Colonial (Financial) Worldview
Community	The moral community is made up of those who share in capital to undertake investments in industrial capacity and trading ventures
System	The system consists of investors engaged in differential strategies of investment throughout the world. The world as a whole is available as a theater for profitable investment. Financial resources knit the system as a whole together.
Authority	Authority is vested in trans-national and multinational alliances and agreements that work to facilitate the unimpeded movement of capital
Change	Change occurs through the identification and investment in new ideas.. Change is good and has become essential for competitive survival of rival financial groups. Growth is both good and necessary.
Agency	The investor is the agent of change in the system. The state should act to facilitate and “free up” the potential for the global movement of financial resources.
Time	The focus is upon the next “quarter” or a shortened time horizon determined by a calculation of the annual average rate of profit. Rapid “turnover” of capital is necessary for maximum profit generation. “Time is money.”