Jacques Lesourne facts for kids
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Jacques Lesourne
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Lesourne in 2011
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| Born | 26 December 1928 |
| Died | 1 March 2020 (aged 91) Paris, France
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| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Economist |
Jacques Lesourne was a French economist. He was born on December 26, 1928, and passed away on March 1, 2020. He was well-known for being the director of a famous French newspaper called Le Monde from 1991 to 1994.
About Jacques Lesourne
Jacques Lesourne went to two important schools in France: the École Polytechnique and Mines ParisTech. One of his teachers, Maurice Allais, was very famous. Mr. Allais even won a Nobel Prize!
Lesourne held many important jobs during his career. From 1954 to 1957, he led the economic team at a company called Charbonnages de France. Later, from 1958 to 1975, he was a managing director at Groupe Sema.
He also worked for the OECD from 1976 to 1979. There, he directed a big project called Interfuturs. From 1974 to 1998, he taught economics as a professor at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM).
In 2000, Jacques Lesourne helped start the French Academy of Technologies. This is a group of experts who work on new technologies. He also led an organization called Futuribles International. This group studies what the future might be like.
Lesourne wrote many books about economics and looking into the future. His first books about economics were Technique économique et gestion industrielle (1958) and Le calcul économique (1964).
From 1991 to 1994, he was in charge of the newspaper Le Monde. This is a very important newspaper in France. For his work, he received a special honor called Officer of the Legion of Honour in 2008. In 2010, he joined the board of the Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales.
Jacques Lesourne passed away on March 1, 2020, when he was 91 years old.
Books by Jacques Lesourne
- Technique économique et gestion industrielle (1958)
- Le Calcul économique (1964)
- Modèles de croissance de l'entreprise (1972)
- Une nouvelle industrie, la matière grise (1973)
- Les Systèmes du destin (1976)
- Les Mille Sentiers de l'avenir (1981)
- Éducation et société (1988)
- L'Après-Communisme avec Bernard Lecomte (1990)
- L'Économie de l'ordre et du désordre (1991)
- Le modèle français, grandeur et décadence (1998)
- Un Homme de notre siècle (2000)
- Prospective stratégique d'entreprise : de la réflexion à l'action (2001)
- Leçons de microéconomie évolutionniste (2002)
- Démocratie, marché, gouvernance : quels avenirs ? (2004)
- Les Crises et le xxie siècle (2009)
- La Recherche et l’Innovation en France (2009)
- L'Humanité face au changement climatique (2009)
- L'Europe à l'heure de son crépuscule ? (2014)
- Les Chemins de l'avenir, une approche pragmatique. Les humains, les États, le monde (2017)
