The End of Poverty? (2008)

The End of Poverty? (2008)

In a world where there is so much wealth, why is there still so much poverty? 2008-05-19 106 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

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