Movie Description

The End of Poverty?

(2008)

Overview

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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Original TitleThe End of Poverty?

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2008-05-19

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 46m

Budget₹ 1000000

Revenue₹ 57

Homepagehttp://www.theendofpoverty.com/

Genres

  • Documentary