The End of Poverty? (2009)

  • NR
  • 11/13/2009 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 46m

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.

Philippe Diaz

Director

Cast

Martin Sheen's headshot

Martin Sheen

Self - Narrator
John Christensen's headshot

John Christensen

Self
John Perkins's headshot

John Perkins

Self
Álvaro García Linera's headshot

Álvaro García Linera

Self - Vice-President, Bolivia
Amartya Sen's headshot

Amartya Sen

Self - Author & Nobel Prize Winner
Edgardo Lander's headshot

Edgardo Lander

Self - Professor & Historian
Eric Toussaint's headshot

Eric Toussaint

Self - Author & President of CADTM
H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo's headshot

H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo

Self - Author & Law Professor

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