member of occupy sec. william company had an, author of money and power: how goldman sachs came to rule the world. a contributor to bloomberg view. noam scheiber, author of the escape artists: how obama s team fumbled the economy. welcome. 6:40 wednesday morning in london greg smith sent an e-mail to his bosses informing them of his resignation to the firm. 15 minutes later he announced his resignation publicly in an op-ed in the new york times. smith wrote about the goldman sachs saying, quote, i can honestly say the environment now is as toxic and destructive as i have ever seen it. to put the problem in simplest terms the interest of the client continue to be sidelined in the way the firm operates and thinks