The End of Poverty?

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Stephen C @bob25009 05/28/2025 Successful documentary footage in 1 hour and 46 minutes!!!!!!!!! Narrator is Martin Sheen; he made me the man I am today. See more 04/18/2019 Its bad cause theyre is no ironman in it lol 0000.1/10 See more 01/18/2015 Very powerful. A reality we all need to face and rectify. The only reason I knocked off half a star is because it was a bit longer than necessary. See more 07/30/2014 The overwhelming magnitude of poverty seems unsolvable. Can we really end poverty within our current economic system? In this award-winning documentary, narrated by Martin Sheen, we see the historical foundation that, for over five centuries, laid the groundwork for today's financial crisis. It began with military conquest, slavery and colonization (often in the spirit of missionary zeal) that resulted in the seizure of land and minerals and in forced labor. Today, the problem persists because of the structuring of debt, trade and tax policies. The "End of Poverty" (2009) reveals a co-dependency in which the southern hemisphere provides cheap resources for the northern hemisphere without a way out of financial indebtedness and towards economic independence. The dependency is necessary to prop up the industrialized nation's standard of living. Read my detailed review at: www.unhealedwound.com (July 27, 2014)! See more 09/04/2013 Excellent piece of documentary detailing how the West through their actions and policies have impoverished the world. Getting it for my classes. See more 01/17/2013 Powerful documentary that underlines the origins of capitalism and shatters the assumption we have (especially in France) that the purpose of our societies is to help people step out of poverty, whereas their nature is and has always been founded on the exploitation of man by man and to set in stone the discrepancies between rich and poor. I particularly appreciated the participation of John Perkins, the author of the celebrated "Confessions of An Economic Hitman". See more Read all reviews

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