Let me rephrase it: "Goldman Sacks took a central role in creating a crisis that, hadn't it been resolved by investing hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars, would've tanked the global economy; it also made sure to be on the negotiating table from day 1, so that its interests took precedence over those of other companies (Bearn Sterns, Lehman Brothers) and the American public."

So yeah, they might have not taken down the economy, but fuck me they got a sweet deal for being criminally irresponsible.