The Times’ today lists Ed Miliband’s holiday reading list, which comprises many worthy volumes, including Raghu Rajan’s 2010 Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year ‘Fault Lines: How Hidden Cracks Still Threaten the World Economy’.

Dr Rajan is a brilliant economic mind and speaker, who was the youngest ever Chief Economist to be appointed at the IMF, aged 40. He is currently Professor of Finance at Chicago’s Booth School of Business, and an economic advisor to the Indian Prime Minister.