Culture play a very vital role in the economic strength of a country. Before colonialism our culture was what binded us together as one and we all did things in common. We traded goods and services with ease. Culture creates a bond between different ethnic groups thereby coming together to make the country economy stand strong
Maybe what you mean is an era where money still doesn't play an important role in the economy because you can still rely on bartering one item for another, so the direction is more towards strengthening culture in order to preserve economic conditions in certain areas at this time. But currently things like that have faded over time because the main focus is how to grow the economy by getting more opportunities to open more businesses and places to do business. As well as having more of the best ways to generate profits without sacrificing the culture that already exists in our respective regions.