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Incremental gains in women's progress are no longer a sufficient substitute for meaningful change.
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The former Fed vice chair is a logical alternative to Janet Yellen and Larry Summers. He's got the central bank and industry experience, plus his confirmation would make history.
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The Summers vs. Yellen scrum is a fascinating nomination contest, and not just for the obvious reasons.
August 14
WASHINGTON President Obama as of Friday had yet to name a nominee for Federal Reserve Board chairman, but the selection process has already drawn unprecedented media coverage.
The Washington Post's Neil Irwin
Irwin also blames the personality of Larry Summers, the former Treasury secretary widely seen as Obama's top choice for the job, who is a "bull in every china shop he has happened to enter."
"Drama just follows him, from his time at the World Bank to the Clinton administration to the Harvard presidency," Irwin writes.
Yet some other pundits suggest that the only reason the issue is so contentious is due to Summers himself, and other factors are relatively unimportant.
"If Larry Summers withdrew himself from consideration, or the White House announced that it isn't going to pick him, the circus tents would pack up and we could all go home,"