{"title":"Kojo Koram","description":"\u003cp\u003eKojo Koram’s work explores the intricate ties between economics, society, and education, offering readers fresh perspectives on wealth, opportunity, and social change. His writing is both accessible and thought-provoking, inviting reflection on the forces shaping modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough titles like \u003cem\u003eThe Next Fix\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUncommon Wealth\u003c\/em\u003e, Koram challenges conventional wisdom and encourages a deeper understanding of how knowledge and resources can drive progress. Perfect for those interested in education, policy, and social impact, his books provide insightful analysis grounded in current debates.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"uncommon-wealth","title":"Uncommon Wealth","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'Brilliantly arranged and rich with fresh insights' Akala\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'A radical, beautifully written understanding of our history' Owen Jones\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'You can't understand how Britain works today without reading it' Frankie Boyle\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'A challenge to a nation living in the shadow of empire: reckon with your imperial past, or it will come back to bite you' Grace Blakeley\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'This book should be part of the national curriculum' Ellie Mae O'Hagan\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBritain didn't just put the empire back the way it had found it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUncommon Wealth\u003c\/i\u003e is the little known and shocking history of how Britain treated its former non-white colonies after the end of empire. It is the story of how an interconnected group of British capitalists enabled horrific inequality across the globe, profiting in colonial Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. However, the greed unleashed in this era would boomerang, now leaving many ordinary Britons wondering where their own prosperity has gone. Ranging from Jamaica to Singapore, Ghana to Britain, this is a blistering account of how buried decisions of decades past are ravaging Britain today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45714458509548,"sku":"9781529338645","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529338645.jpg?v=1726008493"},{"product_id":"the-next-fix-by-kojo-koram-9781399807722","title":"The Next Fix","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs countries around the world turn away from a century-long War on Drugs, we are seeing the slow decline of a system of drug control which resulted in the futile brutalisation of poor people across the world, especially poor people of colour, all while issues of addiction, impoverishment and dangerous drug deaths continued to sky-rocket. But, as \u003cem\u003eThe Next Fix\u003c\/em\u003e will show, what is being established in the aftermath of the drug war is actually threatening to reinforce many of the same inequalities that were intensified by prohibition. About 1% of the current legal cannabis dispensary store owners in the US are Black. Across many of the states that have legalised cannabis, people with drug convictions are denied a business licence or working in the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis means that the racial minorities who were disproportionately arrested and imprisoned during the drug war are now in danger of being punished twice: once by prohibition and again by exclusion from the emerging multibillion dollar market in legal drugs. Instead of advancing the course of social justice, drug law reform is helping the hedge funds, tech companies, oil companies and tobacco companies investing in drugs to get even richer, encouraging a commercialised legal drug industry that is likely to only accelerate the social problems associated with substance abuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGoing beyond the legal cannabis market to look at everything from the growing pharmaceutical\/therapeutic use of psychedelics to the interconnected worlds of high finance and the cocaine trade, from the association of khat with narco-terrorism to the tobacco companies trying to use legal drugs to rebrand themselves as wellness companies, this book will be taking the readers behind the scenes of this new frontier of global capitalism. Entering the world of drug policy reform, which brings together contrasting characters from yoga instructors to traditional Rastafarian leaders, investment bankers to policing reform activists, over the chapters Kojo Koram will show that although we might be living through the end of the War on Drugs, the brave new world emerging out of it may, in practice, still look a lot like the old one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47361171685612,"sku":"9781399807722","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781399807722.jpg?v=1772849851"},{"product_id":"the-next-fix-by-kojo-koram-9781399807715","title":"The Next Fix","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Fantastic . . . Kojo's case is clear and to my mind irrefutable' AKALA\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'Essential reading' CAROLINE LUCAS\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eThe future of drugs is here, and it's dangerously unequal.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\nOver the last decade, the status quo around drugs has collapsed. Drugs once sold as safe cures have been revealed as ineffective or dangerous, while substances criminalised for generations are being reborn as breakthrough mental health treatments, wellness supplements, Silicon Valley productivity tools and billion-dollar investment opportunities. How did this reversal happen - and who stands to benefit?\n\nIn \u003cem\u003eThe Next Fix\u003c\/em\u003e, award-winning author and academic Kojo Koram travels from Scotland to Colombia, Ghana to the United States, to uncover the forces reshaping the global drug landscape. Moving between glossy corporate cannabis expos to grassroots activist campaigns and the question of reparations, he traces the growing tension between movements fighting for justice after decades of prohibition and the finance-world race to profit from a newly legal frontier. Will drug reform finally undo the racial violence, environmental destruction and public health failures of the War on Drugs? Or will it simply open a new chapter in global capitalism, creating a smooth transition from cartel barons to Wall Street oligopolies?\n\nUrgent, moving and deeply reported, \u003cem\u003eThe Next Fix\u003c\/em\u003e asks whether the War on Drugs is really over - or merely changing its chemical formula.\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47734581428460,"sku":"9781399807715","price":60.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781399807715-the-next-fix.jpg?v=1781223019"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/kojo-koram.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}