简介：FrenchFilmmakerPhilippeDiaz,inanilluminatingdocumentary[TheEndtoPoverty?]tracesglobalisationback500yearstotheSpanishandPortugueseconquestsoftheAmericas.DiazshowshowthecolonialNorthusedtheSouth'sresourcestobuilditsindustrialbaseandhowitscontinuedcontroloverresources,globaltradeanddebtrulespreventsdevelopingcountriesfromendingpoverty.ThetitleisaplayonabookbyeconomistJeffreySachs-withoutthequestionmark-who,DiaztoldIPS,"runsallaroundtheworldwithBonoandtheseguysclaimingthatifwebringmosquitonetsandfertilisers,itwillendpoverty..."Asidefromseeingsolutionsinagrarianreform,taxsystemchanges,andanendtonaturalresourcesmonopolies,Diazcallsforde-growth.That'snotjusteatingordrivingless,butcreatinganotherwayoflivingtoavoidwhathepredictsasthecomingresourcewarwhenthepoorriseupagainsttheirrepression. IPS-November14…