Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire
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Tenth printing, and first paperback printing, with a new afterword, 2011
Paperback ISBN 978-0-691-15263-9

Rajan, Raghuram.

Fault lines : how hidden fractures still threaten the
world economy / Raghuram G. Rajan.

p.  cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-691-14683-6 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. Income distribution—United States—History—21st century.
2. United States—Social conditions—21st century.
3. Global Financial Crisis, 2008–2009. 4. Economic history—
21st century. I. Title.

HC110.I5R36   2010

330.9 0511—dc22                      2010006031

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