The Mormon banker who saved capitalism from itself—and nobody remembers his name.
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.
Direction
Howe wrings genuine tension from boardroom meetings—no small feat.
Acting
Peter Coyote's narration: gravelly, conspiratorial, perfect.
Director
John Howe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Fed's headquarters has a conference room named for Eccles, but most visitors assume it's a typo for 'Ecclesiastes.'
Eccles's memoirs were largely ignored until 2008, when desperate economists rediscovered his warnings about income inequality causing collapse.
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