
Film
The End of Poverty?
2008 · 1h 46m · Documentary
In a world where there is so much wealth, why is there still so much poverty?
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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.
Where to watch
Cast

Martin Sheen
Self - Narrator
John Christensen
Self

John Perkins
Self
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
Miriam Campos
Self - Ministry of Indigenous People, Bolivia
Mashengu wa Mwachofi
Self - Former Parliamentarian, Kenya
Maria Luisa Mendoca
Self - Rede Social President, Brazil
William Easterly
Self - Author & Professor
Michael Watts
Self - Author & Professor
Nora Castaneda
Self - Women's Bank President, Venezuela

Joao Pedro Stedile
Self - Landless Movement Leader, Brazil
Crew
- Philippe DiazDirector
Media
Details
- Release date
- May 19, 2008
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Budget
- $1,000,000
- Revenue
- $57
- Genres
- Documentary
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