The End of Poverty? (2009)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Documentary
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In Theaters:11/13/2009
Box Office:$57
Runtime:106 minutes
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Cast
Philippe Diaz
Director
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
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