The End of Poverty? (2008)
"In a world where there is so much wealth, why is there still so much poverty?"
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Martin Sheen
Self - Narrator
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John Christensen
Self
John Perkins
Self
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Álvaro García Linera
Self - Vice-President, Bolivia
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
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Mashengu wa Mwachofi
Self - Former Parliamentarian, Kenya
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Maria Luisa Mendoca
Self - Rede Social President, Brazil
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William Easterly
Self - Author & Professor
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Michael Watts
Self - Author & Professor
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Nora Castaneda
Self - Women's Bank President, Venezuela
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