Tag Goldman Sachs

Yes, there really is a vampire squid

Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone, from his now classic The Great American Bubble Machine about Goldman Sachs The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it’s everywhere. The world’s most powerful investment bank is a great…

Matt Taibbi on Goldman Sachs

He says Goldman occupies a gray area between public and private, unlike anything since Standard Oil. They have enormous influence with the government, one major reason is they have so many former employees in high-ranking regulatory agency positions. All the…

Goldman’s difference: It’s the cult

Clusterstock quotes a defensive apologia of Goldman Sachs from The Big Money that alternatively whines and gets aggro about all those horrible attacks against that wonderful Goldman Sachs. The difference is that Goldman Sachs bankers can disagree only before decisions…

Michael Lewis dispels rumors about Goldman Sachs

Michael Lewis dispels rumors about Goldman Sachs Financial author and former Goldman employee Michael Lewis wishes you to know that all those nasty rumors about Goldman just aren’t true. Really. Rumor No. 1: “Goldman Sachs controls the U.S. government.” Every…