I understand that a thing is worth what someone will pay for it, but to balance that out a bit, no conversation about compensation is complete without considera

I understand that a thing is worth what someone will pay for it, but to balance that out a bit, no conversation about compensation is complete without consideration of actual needs. When colleagues, whose compensation is as wildly out of proportion to their needs as mine is, complain that they're entitled to more, it's at best a negotiating stance and at worst a black hole of insatiable greed. Obviously this is some game theory mojo, and we'll never get everyone on board with it, but imagine for a second a world where everyone isn't vying for "more", but for "enough". In the zero sum game we have here, compensation becomes a moral issue.