There have been a few who have lusted after the job, but the vice chairmen are chosen for different purposes. The Fed is broken down so that the chairman runs policy and handles external relations, while the vice chairman runs the banking and internal part of the organization, and those aren't the skills you look for in a chairman.
-Allen Meltzer
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