May 19th, 2008

The End of Poverty?

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

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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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Martin Sheen

Self - Narrator

Martin Sheen
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John Christensen

Self

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John Perkins

Self

John Perkins
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Álvaro García Linera

Self - Vice-President, Bolivia

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Amartya Sen

Self - Author & Nobel Prize Winner

Amartya Sen
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Edgardo Lander

Self - Professor & Historian

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Eric Toussaint

Self - Author & President of CADTM

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H.W.O. Okoth-Ogendo

Self - Author & Law Professor

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Jaime De Amorim

Self - Coordintor, Landless People Movement Brazil

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Miriam Campos

Self - Ministry of Indigenous People, Bolivia

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Mashengu wa Mwachofi

Self - Former Parliamentarian, Kenya

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Maria Luisa Mendoca

Self - Rede Social President, Brazil

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William Easterly

Self - Author & Professor

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Michael Watts

Self - Author & Professor

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Nora Castaneda

Self - Women's Bank President, Venezuela

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João Pedro Stedile

Self - Landless Movement Leader, Brazil

João Pedro Stedile

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