The UK government is introducing a Sharia-compliant student funding option called Alternative Student Finance (ASF), which has managed to spark a furious political debate over what is essentially a semantic rebrand of crushing graduate debt. While headlines scream about “interest-free loans,” the government has made sure nobody gets a bargain. Instead of paying interest, graduatesContinue reading “Same Crushing Debt, Now 100% Interest-Free—If You Squint”