J on Corzine heads Goldman Sachs, the richest Wall Street investment partnership. That's because Congress is again eyeing the Glass-Steagall Act, a 1933 law designed to protect consumers by separating commercial from investment banking. Goldman wants barriers removed that prevent it from offering banking and insurance services. But Glass-Steagall supporters fear deregulation will mean consumers get peddled financial services they don't need, and that commercial banks will engage in riskier speculation that might threaten their solvency. Browse The full Mother Jones 400 list.
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