In 1992, the economist Harry Saunders dubbed the hypothesis that improvements in energy efficiency work to increase (rather than decrease) energy consumption the Khazzoom–Brookes postulate, and argued that the hypothesis is broadly supported by neoclassical growth theory (the mainstream economic theory of capital accumulation, technological progress and long-run economic growth).
1992年，经济学家哈桑·桑德斯（Harry Saunders）认为，提高能源效率的工作可以提高（而不是减少）哈茲弗-布魯克斯 假设的能源消耗，并认为这一假设得到新古典增长理论（主流经济资本理论）的广泛支持积累，技术进步和长期经济增长）。