"A loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires" (Paul Simon). "The world is governed by far different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes" (Benjamin Disraeli). "Give me control over a nation's currency, and I care not who makes the laws" (Mayer Rothschild). The RothschildsConspiracy theory is the theory that most of the world is secretly governed by a small group of men who operate behind the scenes. Conspiracy theory is now an accepted turn of phrase but sometimes one hears the expression, sometimes whispered rather than spoken. "The Illuminati". What does this mean? Who are the Illuminati? They are, in essence, a cartel of international bankers and industrialists based in Western Europe and North America. The names of certain families persist over long periods of time. Some of the most important names are Rothschild, Rockefeller, Morgan, Lazard, Warburg, Schroder and Schi...