Jacques Lesourne

Lesourne in 2011

Jacques Lesourne (26 December 1926 – 1 March 2020) was a French economist and writer. He served as director of the daily newspaper Le Monde from 1991 to 1994. He also published many books on economics and foresight, including Technique économique et gestion industrielle (1958) and Le calcul économique (1964).

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989.[1] He became an Officer of the Legion of Honour in 2008.

Lesourne was born in La Rochelle. He died on 1 March 2020 in Paris. He was 91.[2]

References

  1. "Jacques Lesourne". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
  2. "Jacques Lesourne, ancien directeur du « Monde », est mort". Le Monde (in French). 3 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.