Robert Wright

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Robert Wright

US consumers are facing steep price increases on bicycles as US President Donald Trump’s tariffs take a heavy toll on an industry that is...

3 weeks ago | nonzero.org | Robert Wright

Save the date: I’ll be doing a livestream tomorrow--Friday, April 4--starting at 1 pm US Eastern Time, with former NZN staffer Nikita Petrov and friend-of-NZN Boris Shoshitaishvili. See last week’s Earthling for elaboration on our plan for the conversation, but the TLDR is that we’ll talk about the weird state of the world (probably in some weird ways), and we’ll take questions during the second half of the two-hour chat. In addition to saving the date you can save this link to the chat.

3 weeks ago | open.substack.com | Robert Wright

Save the date: I’ll be doing a livestream tomorrow--Friday, April 4--starting at 1 pm US Eastern Time, with former NZN staffer Nikita Petrov and friend-of-NZN Boris Shoshitaishvili. See last week’s Earthling for elaboration on our plan for the conversation, but the TLDR is that we’ll talk about the weird state of the world (probably in some weird ways), and we’ll take questions during the second half of the two-hour chat. In addition to saving the date you can save this link to the chat.

3 weeks ago | ft.com | Oliver Telling |Robert Wright

Danish shipowner AP Møller-Maersk has acquired a railway connecting the ports at either end of the Panama Canal, in a deal that loosens...

1 month ago | afr.com | Philip Georgiadis |Robert Wright |Rachel Millard

Philip Georgiadis, Robert Wright and Rachel MillardMar 23, 2025 – 7.22am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? London | Air travellers face days of disruption as Heathrow struggles to recover from a fire that shut down Europe’s busiest airport, leading to 1300 flight cancellations and raising questions about the resilience of the UK’s infrastructure.