The End of Poverty?
The End of Poverty?

The End of Poverty?

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

May 19, 2008106 min7.9EN
Documentary

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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Cast

Martin Sheen
Martin SheenSelf - Narrator
John Christensen
John ChristensenSelf
John Perkins
John PerkinsSelf
Álvaro García Linera
Álvaro García LineraSelf - Vice-President, Bolivia
Amartya Sen
Amartya SenSelf - Author & Nobel Prize Winner
Edgardo Lander
Edgardo LanderSelf - Professor & Historian
Eric Toussaint
Eric ToussaintSelf - Author & President of CADTM
H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo
H.W.O. Okoth-OgendoSelf - Author & Law Professor
Jaime De Amorim
Jaime De AmorimSelf - Coordintor, Landless People Movement Brazil
Miriam Campos
Miriam CamposSelf - Ministry of Indigenous People, Bolivia