What is Jacques Lesourne?
[[File:Jacques Lesourne.jpg|thumb|Lesourne in 2011]] '''Jacques Lesourne''' (26 December 1926 – 1 March 2020) was a [[French people|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Lesourne_Jacques |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Lesourne_Jacques |title=Jacques Lesourne |publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2020/03/03/jacques-lesourne-ancien-directeur-du-monde-est-mort_6031684_3382.html|title=Jacques Lesourne, ancien directeur du « Monde », est mort|lang=fr|date=3 March 2020|access-date=4 March 2020|work=Le Monde}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lesourne, Jacques}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:French economists]] [[Category:Writers from Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] [[Category:Legion of Honour]] [[Category:Members of Academia Europaea]] [[Category:People from Charente-Maritime]] [[Category:La Rochelle]] {{Bio-stub}}