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

The End of Poverty?

7.9 / 10 7.9 2008 1h 46m
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.

Directed by Philippe Diaz

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Martin Sheen
Martin SheenSelf - Narrator
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John ChristensenSelf
John Perkins
John PerkinsSelf
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Álvaro García LineraSelf - Vice-President, Bolivia
Amartya Sen
Amartya SenSelf - Author & Nobel Prize Winner
Edgardo Lander
Edgardo LanderSelf - Professor & Historian
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Eric ToussaintSelf - Author & President of CADTM
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H.W.O. Okoth-OgendoSelf - Author & Law Professor
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