The goal of the contractionary fiscal policy is a type of fiscal policy that increases taxes and lowers government spending. It also possible that it can be both which aims to beat the inflation pressure. Due to the increase of taxes, households may have the tendency not to spend that much. Lower disposal means lowers consumption.
Means the speaker will never fight if he can get it by assaulting people and will never assault people if he can make them understand what he say.
4. Farming lands that was owned by someone else
I believe it's"Japan allowed less European trade after the Spanish conquered the Philippines, so traders hired private armies to force access to Japan".