Jean Fourastié, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Fourastié

French economist

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1907

Place of Birth: Saint-Benin-d'Azy, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 25-Jul-1990

Profession: writer, economist, sociologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Jean Fourastié (French pronunciation: ?[??~ fu?astje]; 1 April 1907 in Saint-Benin-d'Azy, Nièvre - 25 July 1990 in Douelle, Lot) was a French economist, notable for having coined the expression Trente Glorieuses ("the glorious thirty [years]") to describe the period of prosperity that France experienced from the end of World War II until the 1973 oil crisis (1945-1973).