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Part 3 of 4
From Benevolent Billionaire Patriarchs to Zionist Bullies
Judis notes that “Baron Edmund James de Rothschild began investing — about $6 million from 1884 to 1890 — in colonies in Palestine.” Judis doesn’t even bother to adjust that figure for inflation, which would be 2/3rds of a billion in 2016 dollars! Read more …
The Sixty Million
The Roots of Zionism, Part 4
Louis Brandeis
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Part 4 of 4 & Notes
Anti-Semitism and Jewish ‘Over-Achievement’
Typically a nation appreciates entrepreneurial outsiders if its majority population isn’t generating enough native entrepreneurs to kindle economic growth, even if such outsiders come to dominate the economy. Read more …