Heilbroner's theory has become doctrine in some economics textbooks: for example, Monte Palmer disparages nontechnological rural development projects as inhibiting constructive change.

海尔布隆纳的理论已经成为一些经济学教科书的教条：例如，蒙特·帕尔默认为非技术性的农村发展项目阻碍了建设性变革。