JC Punongbayan

Jan Carlo Borruel Punongbayan
Personal details
Born (1989-07-30) 30 July 1989
Philippines
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines Diliman
ProfessionEconomist
Professor
Columnist

Jan Carlo "JC" Borruel Punongbayan is a Filipino economist, columnist, and assistant professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman.[1]

Punongbayan is one of the 2023 Ten Outstanding Young Men Awardees. Punongbayan, together with Jefferson Arapoc and Marianne Vital, co-founded Usapang Econ, a Philippine educational blog, podcast, and social media platform that aims to explain economic concepts in a clear, engaging, and accessible manner for the general public. [2]

Education

Punongbayan graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of the Philippines School of Economics (UPSE) in 2009.[3] He finished his master's degree in economics at the UPSE in 2013.[4]

Under his adviser Karl Robert L. Jandoc, Punongbayan wrote his dissertation titled "Essays in market design and college admissions" and obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics also at the UPSE in 2021.[5]

Career

Punongbayan teaches Economics at the UPSE and has served various positions in the university.[6][7] He writes a regular column at Rappler.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Dulay, Dean (2022). "How Do Filipinos Remember Their History? A Descriptive Account of Filipino Historical Memory". Contemporary Southeast Asia. 44 (3): 482–514. doi:10.1355/cs44-3d. JSTOR 27193042. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "Ano ang Usapang Econ?". Usapang Econ Blog. 2026. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Author:Jan Carlo Punongbayan". East Asia Forum. 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  4. ↑ Gamba, Bino (17 April 2024). "UPD economics faculty named among TOYM 2023". UP Diliman. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Jan Carlo B. Punongbayan, PhD". UP School of Economics. 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Reality versus expectation: RTD looks at Year One of the Marcos Jr. administration". UP CIDS. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "UPLB EconSoc hosted its first nationwide online economics Inter-High Competition, Econvergence 2021". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  8. ↑ Cruz, Elfren (19 September 2024). "'False nostalgia'". Philippine Star. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
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