OT: 60 Minutes : Greg Smith Interview
Anybody catch the Greg Smith interview? This is the guy who quit his job at Goldman Sachs by way of an Op-Ed piece published by the New York Times. The interview itself revealed very little that hasn't been said already. But I found Prof. Frank Partnoy's contributions to this piece particularly disturbing. Talk about bending over? How anybody can say with a straight face that Goldman is known for its ethical behavior and good business practices is astonishing. This comes on the wake of a $500 million dollar fine and numerous other fines for misconduct (where of course the firm neither admitted not denied fault). Partnoy is a joke...
October 21st, 2012 at 9:50 PM ^
This is football season, right?
October 21st, 2012 at 9:55 PM ^
This probably wouldn't fly in the offseason.
October 21st, 2012 at 9:58 PM ^
but no.
October 21st, 2012 at 9:59 PM ^
or maybe some vague michigan connection...
niente
October 21st, 2012 at 10:25 PM ^
It's there Don....you just have to know where to look. His resume is available on line via his Wikepedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Partno and if you scroll down you'll find this....
Service (yrs): Chair, Appointments Committee (2); Chair, Faculty Colloquium Committee (2); Chair, Junior Faculty Roundtable (4); Director, Law Alumni Board of Directors (2); Treasurer, Law Alumni Faculty Golf League (4); Member, Dean Search Committee (1); Member, Self-Study Committee (1); Member, Appointments Committee (5); Member, Evening Program Committee (1); Member, Curriculum Committee (10); Member, Development Committee (3); Member, Graduate Programs Committee (2); Faculty Advisor, Business Law Society (1).
October 21st, 2012 at 9:58 PM ^
In before the mods delete... yes!!!
October 21st, 2012 at 10:03 PM ^
Don't you have a drum circle to attend?
~Herm
October 21st, 2012 at 10:03 PM ^
This is the single worst thread I've seen since the fake Laquon Treadwell Commits thread. Enjoy Bolivia, my friend.
October 21st, 2012 at 10:05 PM ^
October 21st, 2012 at 10:09 PM ^
Hello: Greg Smith?
October 21st, 2012 at 10:12 PM ^
October 21st, 2012 at 10:22 PM ^
JPMorgan blitzes off the short position; GS fakes a Credit Default Swap to the field and transfers the funds to its EMEA holdings coming the other way. Blankfein (-1) blocks down on the backside Euro Exchange Rate for a moment and then lets it go, then thinks he's messed up and borrows more from Germany. EMEA avoids collapse, then cuts up; Morgan Stanley who is further downfield liquidity-wise now comes up to contain and or tackle; he can't do anything and files Chapter 11. Blankfein ends up liquidating his Euro holdings but after EMEA beat him and doesn't actually make anything useful happen.
October 21st, 2012 at 10:19 PM ^
According to 247Sports and a recent Bloomberg article, Greg Smith committed to Stanford in 1997 (estimated, based on age). He was initially projected to be an early contributor in their equities division.
October 21st, 2012 at 10:20 PM ^
I'd never have guessed he would be involved in something like this. Of course, it might not be the same Greg Smith.
October 21st, 2012 at 10:26 PM ^
Apparently he was head of EQD for EMEA. Sound familiar?
October 21st, 2012 at 10:32 PM ^
you could recognize his South African accent
October 21st, 2012 at 10:24 PM ^
October 21st, 2012 at 10:31 PM ^
I have no idea what you're saying or what you're talking about, but I'm sure this interview would be quite interesting to someone who did. I do know, however, is that this really doesn't strike me as something MGoBlog readers care about reading (at least on here), especially the day after beating MSU.
October 21st, 2012 at 10:42 PM ^
You have no idea what you are talking about.
October 21st, 2012 at 10:48 PM ^
lol. funny.
October 21st, 2012 at 10:56 PM ^
October 21st, 2012 at 11:02 PM ^
I think the OP meant to say Mark Smith the Linebackers coach and was actually talking about post game press confrences?
October 21st, 2012 at 11:08 PM ^
I watched 60 Minutes tonight and I couldn't remember a sports feature...
October 22nd, 2012 at 6:53 AM ^
I'm still trying to figure out how someone could join in 2010, but not figure out in two years that politics is a no-no here, especially during the season.
October 22nd, 2012 at 7:26 AM ^
Well, the topic isn't exactly politics, but then again it isn't exactly sports either. May I refer the OP to the comment boards of the Huffington Post.
October 22nd, 2012 at 11:36 AM ^
October 22nd, 2012 at 10:49 AM ^
Thank you M Go Bloggers for making me laugh my ass off before going to sleep on Monday night in Shanghai. You took a disaster of a thread and made it a beautiful thing to me.
October 22nd, 2012 at 11:42 AM ^
No, no, I didn't catch the Greg Smith interview. I guess I've been in a cave for too long, but who is Greg Smith? How is he related to Michigan? Is he a famous Michigan grad who I somehow never heard of? And even if he is a Michigan grad, how is this post relevant to mgoblog? I google searched "Greg Smith," and see that he did a piece on 60 minutes, and that the NYT has an article on him, but I still don't get it. What am I missing? Much obliged to anyone who can supply the missing link to a clueless heartlander.
October 22nd, 2012 at 3:21 PM ^
I'm not about to link to it here, but if you search "Greg Smith, NYT, op ed" you'll see what made him famous (at least to the degree that he's famous).
October 22nd, 2012 at 3:16 PM ^
He did temper that remark by stating that those "ethical" standards are pretty pathetic coming from wall street. It wasn't really a ringing endorsement of Goldman. It's sort of like saying that the dude whose covered in less mud after the mud bowl is the cleanest guy of the lot.
October 22nd, 2012 at 3:19 PM ^
Please note the use of the "mud bowl." Hence, at least the response is football related even if the post got interwebzzed 4G transit from the WSJ blog