Matthew Taibbi's great piece on their role in causing The Great Recession and how they profited handsomely for it... largely due to their people sitting at the controls of the key government positions (as usual) and how they engineered the bailout that reaped them billions in bailouts even as the crisis wiped out some of their biggest competitors?
The Great American Bubble Machine
From tech stocks to high gas prices, Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression -- and they're about to do it again
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-great-american-bubble-machine-20100405
The Vampire Squid Strikes Again: The Mega Banks' Most Devious Scam Yet
Banks are no longer just financing heavy industry. They are actually buying it up and inventing bigger, bolder and scarier scams than ever
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-vampire-squid-strikes-again-the-mega-banks-most-devious-scam-yet-20140212