I think it would be more accurately phrased as "people aren't necessarily motivated more by more money". Money matters a lot, but there's a saturation point. On

I think it would be more accurately phrased as "people aren't necessarily motivated more by more money". Money matters a lot, but there's a saturation point. Once you have enough money that you're not routinely confronted by the issue of "giving up" things you want, I think additional money is mostly tied to other things that have more to do with social status.