The seventh edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. The revision includes a new chapter on bias-free language and guidelines for writing about people with respect and inclusivity in areas including age, disability, gender, participation in research, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and more. The work also includes many new reference examples covering periodicals, books, audiovisual media, social media, webpages and websites, and legal resources.

How to Write about Economics and Public Policy is designed to guide students through conducting, and writing about, research on a wide range of topics in public policy and economics. This guidance is based upon the actual writing practices of professional researchers in these fields and it will appeal to practitioners and students in disciplinary areas such as international economics, macroeconomics, development economics, public finance, policy studies, policy analysis, and public administration.