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So, it's business as usual, then, regardless of whether it makes most people howl at the moon with rage? Goldman Sachs, this pillar of the free market, breeder of super-citizens, object of envy and awe will go on raking it in, getting richer than God? An impish grin spreads across Blankfein's face. It's hard for me to argue for a cap on their compensation." I don't want to put a cap on their ambition. As the guardian of the interests of the shareholders and, by the way, for the purposes of society, I'd like them to continue to do what they are doing. "I don't want people in this firm to think that they have accomplished as much for themselves as they can and go on vacation. Is it possible to make too much money? "Is it possible to have too much ambition? Is it possible to be too successful?" Blankfein shoots back. The Times of London's mammoth 6,900-word piece on Goldman Sachs over the weekend contains plenty of fodder for those that see the investment bank as Wall Street's top dog, as well as those that see it as a creepy, conspiratorial vampire squid of finance.īut the key quote that's getting attention comes in Goldman Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein's exchange with a reporter after a question on whether there should be limits to compensation: