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== History == | == History == | ||
Embedded growth obligations became prevalent during the broad, technology-led economic growth following World War II. | Embedded growth obligations became prevalent during the broad, technology-led economic growth following World War II. | ||
Historian of science Derek de Solla Price first mapped embedded growth obligations in his 1961 book ''[[Science Since Babylon]]'', where he noticed that science was on an exponential trajectory that could not reasonably be sustained. | |||
== Examples == | == Examples == |