Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve

About Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve

The Chairman of the Federal Reserve under Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, Marriner was integral to the economic policies of the 1930s and ‘40s; he was a staunch advocate for the independence of the nation’s central bank, and a voice of the New Deal.

John Howe's Marriner Eccles: Father of the Modern Federal Reserve is a 2021 documentary film. It runs 56 minutes and was released in January 2021.

Peter Coyote plays Narrator.

In the United States it streams on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel.