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<br>If "Inside Job" is not available at your puiblic library, please contact them and ask<br>them to buy it. Offer to buy it for them. Even "Move On" can get behind this.<br>I've seen it six times at least. It's devastating. <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:14:43 -0700<br>> From: gerrygras@earthlink.net<br>> To: wrolley@charter.net<br>> CC: sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org<br>> Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Inside look at Goldman Sachs<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Wes Rolley wrote:<br>> > Gerry and all,<br>> > I left Gerry's links on this because it would be easy to compare<br>> > viewpoints. There is no doubt that this resignation letter OpEd in the<br>> > NY Times merely confirms all that most progressives believe about<br>> > Goldman Sachs.<br>> <br>> I agree.<br>> <br>> I felt this article was important for 2 reasons:<br>> 1) it is an insider's perspective, i.e. a whistleblower,<br>> with more to lose from telling the truth<br>> 2) I think it was a stronger statement than any I had<br>> seen before, except for "Inside Job" (which is now<br>> available at the Palo Alto library, and it may be<br>> at other public libraries too).<br>> <br>> ><br>> > http://www.nbr.com/leaders-influencers/goldman-sachs-takes-a-hit-after-an-executives-exit-20120314<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > I was surprised at the manner in which this was treated on PBS's Nightly<br>> > Business Report last night. Key points: much blame goes to current<br>> > (since 2006) executive leadership; in the long run, it will hot hurt GS<br>> > very much unless more top people leave.<br>> <br>> I wonder if that's true about not hurting GS. As the author<br>> said, trust is important, and this article should reduce trust...<br>> <br>> ><br>> > The fault, per guest Peter Cohen, lies in having a trader as CEO who<br>> > puts emphasis on short term results with little attention going to the<br>> > development of long term relationships with the major customers that<br>> > they serve. This was a major change in GS culture.<br>> ><br>> > This is not an apology for GS, nor an attempt to just lay the blame on<br>> > CEO Blankenship, but rather an attempt to call attention to the fact<br>> > that the evil is well entrenched in our culture and much harder to deal<br>> > with than a single CEO or single company.<br>> <br>> I agree.<br>> <br>> Gerry<br>> <br>> ><br>> > Wes<br>> > On 3/15/2012 10:42 AM, Gerry Gras wrote:<br>> >><br>> >> FYI,<br>> >><br>> >> A response from Truthdig:<br>> >><br>> >> http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/at_last_some_decency_on_wall_street_20120314/<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> Gerry<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> Gerry Gras wrote:<br>> >>><br>> >>> FYI,<br>> >>><br>> >>> An inside critical look at Goldman Sachs:<br>> >>><br>> >>> "Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs"<br>> >>> http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/03/14-5<br>> >>><br>> >>> Gerry<br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > sosfbay-discuss mailing list<br>> > sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org<br>> > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss<br>> ><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list<br>> sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org<br>> http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss<br></div> </div></body>
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