Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110414:19:17:00
Criticism of blankfein is that he has surrounded himself with like-minded trader types and he could benefit greatly -- a mild understatement -- from having at the top of the firm a more diverse group of senior partners with different perspectives, but isn't this the classic failure, that a leader surrounds himself that confirms the very air he breathes and never challenges him, never calls him to account, and never corrects some of the mistakes he's made. >> it's absolutely true. it's part of the art of war. the first thing you do, i believe, is kill all the pretenders to the throne. he's elbo...