Cable-climbing robots, powered by laser beams shot upward from the ground, or downward from space, would take payloads to orbit.

ECONOMIST: Monitor

Note in the chart on page 128 how Singapore's risk level, although still low next to Indonesia's, has shot upward.

FORBES: Default-risk bookies

Note in the chart on page 61 how Singapore's risk level, although still low compared with Indonesia's, has shot upward.

FORBES: Default-risk bookies