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The End of Poverty? (2008)

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.

  • Documentary

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Martin SheenMartin SheenSelf - Narrator
  • Photo of John ChristensenJohn ChristensenSelf
  • Photo of John PerkinsJohn PerkinsSelf
  • Photo of Álvaro García LineraÁlvaro García LineraSelf - Vice-President, Bolivia
  • Photo of Amartya SenAmartya SenSelf - Author & Nobel Prize Winner
  • Photo of Edgardo LanderEdgardo LanderSelf - Professor & Historian
  • Photo of Eric ToussaintEric ToussaintSelf - Author & President of CADTM
  • Photo of H.W.O. Okoth-OgendoH.W.O. Okoth-OgendoSelf - Author & Law Professor
  • Photo of Jaime De AmorimJaime De AmorimSelf - Coordintor, Landless People Movement Brazil
  • Photo of Miriam CamposMiriam CamposSelf - Ministry of Indigenous People, Bolivia

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