Jan Carlo "JC" B. Punongbayan is a Filipino economist, educator, and author.
He is a faculty member at the University of the Philippines School of Economics and serves as a resident economist and columnist for Rappler.
He then pursued his academic degrees at the University of the Philippines Diliman, earning a Bachelor of Science in economics from 2005 to 2009, graduating summa cum laude.
His specific research interests include:[3] Punongbayan regularly contributes to public discourse on economic issues through his work as a resident economist and columnist for Rappler.
[4] The book examines and challenges popular misconceptions about the Philippine economy during the Marcos regime, providing historical data and economic analysis to counter these narratives.