Trente Glorieuses

The Trente Glorieuses ("Thirty Glorious Years") were the years between 1945 (end of the Second World War) and 1974 (following the 1973 energy crisis) as seen from a French perspective.

Related Topics:
1945 - Second World War - 1974 - 1973 energy crisis - French

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During that period, the French economy, then ran under a dirigiste approach by the government, grew at very high rates. French standards of living, which had been wrecked by both World Wars, then became one of the world's highest.

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