The End of Poverty?
Philippe Diaz2008-05-19
In a world where there is so much wealth, why is there still so much poverty?
7.9
106 min
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
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Martin Sheen | Self - Narrator | Unowned |
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John Christensen | Self | Unowned |
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John Perkins | Self | Unowned |
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Álvaro García Linera | Self - Vice-President, Bolivia | Unowned |
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Amartya Sen | Self - Author & Nobel Prize Winner | Unowned |
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Edgardo Lander | Self - Professor & Historian | Unowned |
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Eric Toussaint | Self - Author & President of CADTM | Unowned |
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H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo | Self - Author & Law Professor | Unowned |
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Jaime De Amorim | Self - Coordintor, Landless People Movement Brazil | Unowned |
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Miriam Campos | Self - Ministry of Indigenous People, Bolivia | Unowned |
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Mashengu wa Mwachofi | Self - Former Parliamentarian, Kenya | Unowned |
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Maria Luisa Mendoca | Self - Rede Social President, Brazil | Unowned |
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William Easterly | Self - Author & Professor | Unowned |
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Michael Watts | Self - Author & Professor | Unowned |
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Nora Castaneda | Self - Women's Bank President, Venezuela | Unowned |
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Joao Pedro Stedile | Self - Landless Movement Leader, Brazil | Unowned |