ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates Pierre Prevost’s philosophy on political economy and its development from an international perspective and reveals the specific features. It discusses eighteenth-century Geneva where Prevost was born. The chapter describes his life and works. Based on the prior two discussions, it examines his views on political economy, paying attention to his relationship with J. J. Rousseau, A. Smith, J-B. Say, T. R. Malthus and D. Stewart. While being conscious of the importance of the intellectual network surrounding him, the chapter attempts to consider the relationship between his political economy and social reform. Prevost's intellectual activities related to political economy make up only a proportion of his intellectual activities. Prevost's political economy was a liberalist political economy that considered economic freedom to be important and was critical of regulation. It should be noted that Prevost, though prudently, admitted the possibility and necessity of elementary economics education for young people and women.
