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The End of Poverty?

  • May 2008
  • 1hr

    46mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Philippe Diaz,

    Starring

    Martin Sheen,

    John Christensen,

    John Perkins,

    Álvaro García Linera

    ...

    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.