My old friend Tom, or the richest man in Babylon?

CONCLUSION

I came to the movie, I saw, I knew what was on Kubrick’s mind: The redemption of the Jewish people.

Coningsby, or The New Generation is an English political novel by Benjamin Disraeli, published in 1844. 

Rothschild is the Lord and Master of the money markets of the world, and of course virtually Lord and Master of everything else. He literally held the revenues of Southern Italy in pawn, and Monarchs and Ministers of all countries courted his advice and were guided by his suggestions. Benjamin Disraeli