The assertion that Jews "control" finance is commonplace among anti-Semites. A new academic study~* finds that people who live in areas of Germany where persecution of Jews was most intense are less likely to invest in the stockmarket, even today. The relationship has very strong historical roots. People who live in districts from which Jews were likeliest to be sent to concentration camps under the Nazis are 7.5% less likely to invest in stocks than other Germans; those who live in districts where pogroms occurred during the Black Death (back in the 14th century) are 12% less likely to do so. Surveys also show residents of such districts are less likely to trust the financial sector.
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