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Human needs are finite. A person only truly needs so much food, so much housing, so much medical care, so much socialization, so much entertainment. Human want
by opendais 12y ago
Human needs are finite. A person only truly needs so much food, so much housing, so much medical care, so much socialization, so much entertainment.
Human wants are likely infinite for many people.
- dragonwriter 12y agoIn economics, the term "needs" generally means very close to want "wants" means in general conversation, and probably not at all what you mean by "needs". (Its not as odd as it sounds, since "needs" actually is meaningless without reference to a purpose, and in economics the relevant purpose is approximately "to acheive a state in which no greater satisfaction is possible" -- often, in general conversation, the purpose for which "needs" are identified is unspecified and not all clear, making the meaning of any claim about needs highly ambiguous.)