What if the opposite happened? What if you were worried about losing your job? How would that affect how you spent money?
I would be more likely to buy an expensive item.
I would be less likely to buy an expensive item.

The answer is challenging and taxing because arduous means when something is hard and tiring and the excerpt provides clear detail why that's the answer

Economic success prussia had a very strong economy, partly due to the success of the zollverein. stronger prussian army king wilhelm wanted to build a bigger, stronger army but was blocked by the prussian landtag (parliament).-credits to google for putting answer -credits to slideshare for making answer-credits to me for putting answer on brain.ly