My name is Harry David, and I am an editorial freelancer based in Richmond, Virginia. I have expertise in economics, political theory, and political philosophy. I have copy-edited dozens of academic and trade books and over a thousand academic articles and public policy reports since 2012. I have also indexed dozens of books. Many of my clients speak English as a foreign language, so I understand the special issues their writing often presents.

I count over 300 academics as satisfied clients, in addition to

• Quasi-public entities such as the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Inter-American Development Bank, and World Bank

• Nonprofits such as the American Institute for Economic Research, the Center on International Cooperation, the Foundation for Economic Education, Graduate School USA, the Institute for Humane Studies, the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Mercatus Center, Pacific Legal Foundation, and the Texas Public Policy Foundation

• Universities and university-based research centers, including Arkansas Center for Research in Economics, Center for Growth and Opportunity, Institute for Economic Inquiry, Salem Center for Policy, Schnatter Institute, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, and Western Carolina University

• Journals (Political Economy in the Carolinas, Libertarian Papers, and production editor for the Journal of Private Enterprise)

• Publishers (Agora Financial)

After earning my BA in economics from Auburn University, I earned an MA in economics at George Mason University. My Mercatus Center fellowship program fostered an understanding of the fields connected to economics, including political theory and history. I came to realize that my talents lie more in adding value to other people’s writing than in writing (though I have published a journal article in Economic Affairs as well as a policy report and several articles for the Tax Foundation). I continue to be fascinated by the subjects I have studied, though, and I bring my knowledge of their concepts and terminology to my work as an editor and indexer.

I have taken several courses run by the Editorial Freelancers Association and the American Society for Indexers. I am well versed in the Associated Press Stylebook, the Chicago Manual of Style, and the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), and I can work with house styles of journals and organizations.

I can edit in Microsoft Word, Overleaf (for LaTeX files), or Adobe Acrobat, and I can produce both embedded and stand-alone indexes.

I have helped my clients get their works published in well over 100 journals, including the following high-ranking economics journals: American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Economic Inquiry, Economic Modelling, Economic Theory, Economics and Politics, Emerging Markets Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Legal Studies, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Monetary Economics,  Journal of Public Economics, Management Science, Oxford Economic Papers, Public Choice, Research Policy, Review of Economic Dynamics, Review of Economic Studies, World Development.

Top philosophy journals my clients have published in include Ethics, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Ethics and Education, European Journal of Philosophy, International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Journal of Ethics, Metaphilosophy, Moral Philosophy and Politics, Notizie di Politeia, Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophy and Social Criticism, Res Publica, and Social Epistemology. 

Presses that have published my clients’ works include Cambridge University Press, Princeton University Press, Oxford University Press, and University of Chicago Press, among others. Books I’ve indexed have been published by those presses as well.

I have written indexes for (among many other books; click the links to find the indexes) Bettering Humanomics (Deirdre McCloskey), Why It’s OK to Want to Be Rich (Jason Brennan), Land, the State, and War: Property Institutions and Political Order in Afghanistan (Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili and Ilia Murtazashvili), Secret Government: The Pathologies of Publicity (Brian Kogelmann), and Escaping Paternalism: Rationality, Behavioral Economics, and Public Policy (Mario Rizzo and Glen Whitman).

I have edited economics papers in the following fields (among others): agricultural economics, applied microeconomics, Austrian economics, behavioral economics, business cycle theory, comparative economic systems, cultural economics, decision theory, econometric methods, economic development, economic freedom, economic history, economics of technology, education economics, energy economics, environmental economics, experimental economics, financial economics, gender economics, health economics, history of economic thought, housing economics, industrial organization, innovation, institutional economics, international economics, labor economics, macroeconomic theory, microeconomic theory, monetary policy, political economy, public choice, public economics, public finance, social mobility.

I have copy-edited philosophy papers in these fields (among others): applied ethics, bioethics, business ethics, democratic theory, discrimination, epistemic authority, ethics of artificial intelligence, ethics of voting, history of political thought, justice, Kantian ethics, legal philosophy, moral epistemology, multiculturism, philosophy of mind, philosophy of public policy, political equality, political legitimacy, political philosophy, political realism, political theory, public reason liberalism, social epistemology, value theory, virtue ethics.

Other fields I’ve worked in include African diaspora, business strategy, climate change impact, communication studies, community psychology, comparative politics, computational social science, corruption, environmental policy, finance, jurisprudence, legal history, marketing, political history, political institutions, and public health.

In my spare time, I enjoy running, cycling, cooking, painting, improv/stand-up, and being entertained by my cats and dog.