THE good news is that the Philippine economy has bounced back from its two-year contraction because of myriad problems created by the worst pandemic in the post-war period. The bad news is that I don't think the government has mapped out plans on what kind of economy it wants to build. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. should get some tips from his father. The turnaround started in the second quarter of President Duterte's last year when the gross domestic product (GDP) surged by 12 percent from its level during the same period last year. The economy recovered despite the immediate emergence...