A Federal Reserve Chair Has Never Been A Woman... The Fed Chair Also Never Talked Income Inequality

Janet Yellen is not your typical chairwoman of the Federal Reserve. For starters she is woman and we have never had a woman in control of the Federal Reserve. Today Yellen took the opportunity of her platform as arguably the most powerful person in the world on financial policy to talk income inequality. Maybe we need more women in power?

Wowzers! Janet Yellen: It is appropriate to ask whether the trend of inequality is compatible with values rooted in our nation's history.
— Graeme Wearden (@graemewearden) October 17, 2014

Yellen: Depth and breadth of U.S. inequality ‘greatly concern me’ http://t.co/SrCTIjkS4U
— Wonkblog (@Wonkblog) October 17, 2014

Janet Yellen is using her bully pulpit this morning to raise alarms about economic inequality. This is not standard Fed stuff.
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) October 17, 2014

Janet Yellen speech. "Perspectives on Inequality and Opportunity..." --> http://t.co/SprOneuwev

— Graeme Wearden (@graemewearden) October 17, 2014