
The End of Poverty?
In a world where there is so much wealth, why is there still so much poverty?
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.
The End of Poverty?
Rating
7.9/10
Release Date
2008-05-19
Runtime
106 minutes
Status
Released
Cast

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

Maria Luisa Mendoca
Self - Rede Social President, Brazil