Fertility rates in the developed world are falling rapidly. For population stability, the broadly accepted figure is 2.1 children per woman. The global fertility rate is just above this figure at 2.3 children per woman but among high-income countries, the rate sits at just 1.5. While the United...

After being told by the courts that its attempts to prohibit the installation of natural gas piping within newly constructed buildings were constitutionally preempted by Federal law, now the City of Berkeley is trying to ban natural gas by taxing it out of existence. Building owners across the country should pay heed as it is apparent that state and local government attempts to ban natural gas, be it by text amendments to building codes, BEPS mandates, or the like, will fail as preempted by Federal law and this transmogrified tactic of taxing fossil fuel out of existence is coming to a jurisdiction where you live or operate a business.

Revolut has been granted a banking license from the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) in the U.K. This is a significant milestone for the London-based fintech company, particularly since it has been trying to secure this license since 2021. Revolut has 45 million customers around the world,...