What was the Jewish role in the economy when in general banned from owning land, professional life and joining the artisan guilds? Money lending and tax collecting were often the Jewish fate leading to even more Judeo-phobic hatred. With the advent of Enlightenment, mercantilism and capitalism enhanced Jewish financial involvement in the newly developed European nation states. Jewish capitalists are accused of dominating the economy.

 Culminates with The Protocols of the Elders of Zion forgery

 On the other hand Jews are accused of plotting to overthrow of the World Order thru socialism and communism, by demanding equality of all. The Bolshevik Revolution is blamed on the Jews yet the Soviet Union’s Stalin is amongst the most vicious antisemites of the modern period. Stalin’s legacy lives on into the 21^st century in western “progressive” and “liberationist” circles whether in academia or government.