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A Poor man shames us all

Learn why our Western views of wealth and economic needs have created a society of strangers in the midst of material riches, while tribal cultures such as the Weyewa of Indonesia and the Gabra of Kenya create economies of dependency on others, measuring wealth through people not possessions.

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  • "Have things replaced people as the focus of our relationships? Modern society calculates wealth in terms of possessions, traditional societies in terms of social ties. Explores the alternate views of wealth and economy that are exhibited by the Gabra in Kenya and the Weyewa on the Indonesian Island of Sumba."
  • "Learn why our Western views of wealth and economic needs have created a society of strangers in the midst of material riches, while tribal cultures such as the Weyewa of Indonesia and the Gabra of Kenya create economies of dependency on others, measuring wealth through people not possessions."@en
  • "Explore the alternative views of wealth and society that are exhibited in the lives of tribal cultures. "A Poor man shames us all" takes viewers from a New York ad agency to the jungles of Indonesia and the plains of Kenya. Learn why our Western views of wealth and economic needs have created a society of strangers in the midst of material riches, while tribal cultures such as the Weyewa of Indonesia and the Gabra of Kenya create economies of dependency on others and measure wealth through people, not possessions. Follow host/narrator David Maybury-Lewis as he traces the development of free market economics and explores how its characteristics contrast with tribal conceptions of wealth."@en
  • "Episode seven of a ten-part series that explores the values and different perspectives of tribal societies and what the modern world can learn from them. David Maybury-Lewis takes viewers from a New York advertising agency to the jungles of Indonesia and the plains of Kenya. Tribal conceptions of wealth where people, not posessions, are valued are contrasted with free market economies."@en

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  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Documentary television programs"@en
  • "Television programs"@en
  • "Nonfiction television programs"@en

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  • "Millennium, tribal wisdom and the modern world. A Poor man shames us all"
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