JC Punongbayan

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Jan Carlo Borruel Punongbayan
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Born (1989-07-30) 30 July 1989 (age 36)
Alma mater University of the Philippines Diliman
Profession Economist
Professor
Columnist

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

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Punongbayan is one of the 2023 Ten Outstanding Young Men Awardees.

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. [2] He finished his master's degree in economics at the UPSE in 2013. [3]

Under his adviser Karl Robert L. Jandoc, PhD, 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. [4]

Career

Assistant Professor Punongbayan teaches Economics at the UPSE and has served various positions in the university. [5] [6] He writes a regular column at Rappler. [7]

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. "Author:Jan Carlo Punongbayan". East Asia Forum. 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  3. Gamba, Bino (17 April 2024). "UPD economics faculty named among TOYM 2023". UP Diliman. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  4. "Jan Carlo B. Punongbayan, PhD". UP School of Economics. 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  5. "Reality versus expectation: RTD looks at Year One of the Marcos Jr. administration". UP CIDS. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  6. "UPLB EconSoc hosted its first nationwide online economics Inter-High Competition, Econvergence 2021". Philippine Daily Inquirer . 15 February 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
  7. Cruz, Elfren (19 September 2024). "'False nostalgia'". Philippine Star . Retrieved 11 January 2026.