brent schutte, thanks so much. > > thank you. coming up, the man who wrote a tell-all about one of the most private firms on wall street. we'll hear from him - next. it's not that often wall street employees go public with what happens behind closed doors of investment firms. joining us now, someone who did. greg smith, author of the new book "why i left goldman sachs," joins us this morning via skype. thanks for coming on the show today. > > thanks for having me. > > you famously submitted your resignation letter in a scathing op-ed piece in the new york times back in march. you talked about how bankers there were ripping off clients, calling them muppets, and were morally bankrupt people. since then there's been a media backlash, with even forbes saying that your story doesn't add up. are you surprised by the negative reaction? > > no, i'm not surprised. i am a little surprised though that the media is not actually asking goldman the hard questions: "are you riping off teachers' pension funds?" "are you selling charities produc