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Britain’s recovery industry: profiting from austerity?

While government spending cuts continue to grab headlines, private companies are quietly making money from the psychological hardships generated by austerity.

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This is the fourth in a series of ten articles on the theme of rethinking recovery.

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A "Farewell A4e" party in Brixton. Flickr/Boycott Workfare. Some rights reserved.

In the wake of the global financial crisis, Britain has undergone significant restructuring, most visible in the extensive austerity measures supposedly geared towards enabling economic recovery.