The End of Poverty?

The End of Poverty? (2008)

7.9 106 min Movie
Documentary

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.

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Cast

Martin Sheen Martin Sheen Self - Narrator
John Christensen John Christensen Self
John Perkins John Perkins Self
Álvaro García Linera Álvaro García Linera Self - Vice-President, Bolivia
Amartya Sen Amartya Sen Self - Author & Nobel Prize Winner
Edgardo Lander Edgardo Lander Self - Professor & Historian
Eric Toussaint Eric Toussaint Self - Author & President of CADTM
H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo Self - Author & Law Professor
Jaime De Amorim Jaime De Amorim Self - Coordintor, Landless People Movement Brazil
Miriam Campos Miriam Campos Self - Ministry of Indigenous People, Bolivia
Mashengu wa Mwachofi Mashengu wa Mwachofi Self - Former Parliamentarian, Kenya
Maria Luisa Mendoca Maria Luisa Mendoca Self - Rede Social President, Brazil

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