Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Alchemy and Credit -- 1. The Scarcity of Money Problem and the Birth of English … Political Economy -- 2. The Alchemical Foundations of Credit -- II. Death Penalty and Credit -- 3. The Epistemology of Credit … -- 4. Capital Punishment in Defense of Credit -- III. Slavery and Credit -- 5. Public Credit and the Public Sphere -- 6 …