Documentary · 2008 · 1h 46m

The End of Poverty?

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Cast

Martin Sheen as Self - Narrator John Christensen as Self John Perkins as Self Álvaro García Linera as Self - Vice-President, Bolivia Amartya Sen as Self - Author & Nobel Prize Winner Edgardo Lander as Self - Professor & Historian

Tagline

In a world where there is so much wealth, why is there still so much poverty?

Synopsis

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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