The End of Poverty?

Does poverty today have its roots in a deliberate design dating back to colonial times—one that has morphed into the modern system where rich nations profit at the expense of the poor? Those living in and resisting poverty speak out, pointing to colonialism and its legacy: land seizures, resource plundering, debt, free markets, the drive for corporate profit, and an economic order in which 25% of the world consumes 85% of its wealth. With Nobel laureates Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz, authors and activists Susan George and Eric Toussaint, Bolivian Vice President Álvaro García Linera, and others.