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    The End of Poverty?

    Poster of the movie The End of Poverty?
    2008     Documentary    
    USA
    1h 46min
    Original lang: English, French, Portuguese

    Poverty is not an accident. 1492 marks the birth of modern times when the conquistadors violently extracted gold and other natural resources.

    Since then, our economic system has been financed by the poor by forcing them to give up their land and access to natural resources, then through unfair trade, debt repayment and unjust taxes on labor and consumption.

    This system was carefully built and maintained by the free market policies, resource monopolies and structural adjustment programs by the World Bank and the IMF.

    Directed byPhilippe Diaz
    Written byPhilippe Diaz

    Featuring

    Martin Sheen
    Amartya Sen
    + MORE

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