Poverty, Inc. (2014)

Directed by

Michael Matheson Miller

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary questions how big the global charity industry has become and whether it actually helps poor countries. It argues that giving money directly can cause problems, and suggests that supporting business creation is a better way to reduce poverty.

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What happens

Poverty, Inc. is a 91-minute documentary inquiry into the nature of human flourishing and the effects of the multibillion dollar poverty industrial complex erected to promote it. The film challenges current perceptions of global charity and promotes entrepreneurship as an effective alternative to alleviating world poverty. The film was made by the Acton Institute, a free market think tank. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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