Tyler Le/Insider
I never thought I'd write this but … I miss the old Goldman Sachs.
I miss Lucas van Praag. He was Goldman's spokesperson during the 2008 financial crisis, and he became known the world over for his sharp tongue. He regularly eviscerated reporters for being stupid and failing to understand finance. He once described a Wall Street Journal story as "effluent." And when Rolling Stone published its infamous profile of the bank that dubbed Goldman a "vampire squid," van Praag called the story a "hysterical compilation of conspiracy theories … Notable ones missing are Goldman Sachs as the third shooter [in John F. Kennedy's assassination] and faking the first lunar landing."