BB&T and SunTrust appear to have struck a nerve. Their merger would reportedly create the sixth-largest bank in the United States. There is, however, no reason to sound any alarms.

Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, said populism done right can make capitalism work better for people, but that’s not always the outcome.

Hoover Institution fellow Raghuram Rajan discusses the escalation of violence in Kashmir, India's upcoming election, and the need to grow the nation's economy.

Forty-four million plus immigrants constitute over 14% of the U.S. population, the highest share since 14.8% in 1890 and 14.7% in 1910 The current percentage is triple that of the low of 4.7% in 1970. Every year a million immigrants obtain lawful resident status in the U.S. Half of all children born in the U.S. are offspring of immigrants.