The End of Poverty?

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MOVIE

The End of Poverty?

In a world where there is so much wealth, why is there still so much poverty?

The End of Poverty? asks if the true causes of poverty today stem from a deliberate orchestration since colonial times which has evolved into our modern system whereby wealthy nations exploit the poor. People living and fighting against poverty answer condemning colonialism and its consequences; land grab, exploitation of natural resources, debt, free markets, demand for corporate profits and the evolution of an economic system in in which 25% of the world's population consumes 85% of its wealth. Featuring Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz, authors/activist Susan George, Eric Toussaint, Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera and more.

Release Date

2008-05-19

Year

2008

Duration

1h 46m

Status

Released

Score

7.90

#capitalism#poverty#economics#inequality#free-market#land-grab#poor

Cast

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

Self - Narrator

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John Christensen

John Perkins

John Perkins

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Álvaro García Linera

Self - Vice-President, Bolivia

Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen

Self - Author & Nobel Prize Winner

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Edgardo Lander

Self - Professor & Historian

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Eric Toussaint

Self - Author & President of CADTM

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H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo

Self - Author & Law Professor

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Jaime De Amorim

Self - Coordintor, Landless People Movement Brazil

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Miriam Campos

Self - Ministry of Indigenous People, Bolivia