Trente Glorieuses

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Les Trente Glorieuses ("the Thirty Glorious Ones") refers to the thirty years following the end of the Second World War in 1945 in France. The name was first used by the French demographer Jean Fourastié. It is derived from Les Trois Glorieuses (Three Glorious Days) — the three days of revolution on 27–29 July 1830 in France.

During the thirty-year period, the French economy, then run in a dirigiste manner by the Gaullist government, grew at very high rates. The French standard of living, which had been ruined by both World Wars, then became one of the world's highest. Since the 1973 energy crisis, France's economy has fared less consistently well, and thus the mid-1970s marks the end of the period. Nevertheless, France continues to have one of the world's largest economies, and is a member of the G8.