The Job Nobody Wants: Trump's CFPB Chief

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While the battle for top regulatory posts in the Trump administration has been likened to Game of Thrones, one job is thus far generating a lot less interest: running the CFPB. Some, in fact, describe the competition as a sort of musical chairs, in reverse – whoever gets the final seat loses.

The consumer bureau has been a lightning rod since it was crea…