Veteran Wall Street journalist Suzanne McGee explores why the Wall Street implosion happened and finds that the driving force was the belief among individual investors that they could make the kind of money taken in by the investment banking and securities firm Goldman Sachs.

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From utility welcome to the casino: the morphing of Wall Street -- Building better--and more profitable--mousetraps -- What's good for Wall Street is good for-- Wall Street: how Wall Street became its own best client -- To the edge of the abyss-- and beyond: flying too close to the sun -- "You eat what you kill" -- The most terrifying four-letter word imaginable -- Washington versus Wall Street -- Too big to fail; too small to thrive? -- Chasing Goldman Sachs?.