Competent men, yes. But not the 'best and the brightest'

AFTER the economic team of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was hailed as "the best and the brightest," I was painfully reminded of this fact of life. Not even Larry Summers has been described in that glowing, superlative "the best and the brightest." Despite a CV that only a few economists of his generation could match. Despite a much more impressive bloodline.