The End of Poverty? (2008)

05/19/2008 (EN) • 1h 46m

Documentary

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 Billed Cast

Martin Sheen

Self - Narrator

Álvaro García Linera

Self - Vice-President, Bolivia

Amartya Sen

Self - Author & Nobel Prize Winner

Edgardo Lander

Self - Professor & Historian

Eric Toussaint

Self - Author & President of CADTM

H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo

Self - Author & Law Professor

Jaime De Amorim

Self - Coordintor, Landless People Movement Brazil


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,000,000.00

Revenue

$57.00

Keywords

capitalism

poverty

economics

inequality

free market

land grab

poor

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