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Will Basic Needs Make People happy?
Over the past years, Economists and psychologist's research have scrutinized the links
between incomes individuals acquire in relation to happiness attained. Findings show that what
matters a lot are not the big salaries but how to spend them. The old outdated cliché that money
cannot buy happiness is factual, and happiness can only be found within and without by
cultivating the performance attitude (Haidt, 53). Will people be happy if they meet their basic
need? In my opinion, meeting basic needs raises a significant aspect of happiness than
accumulating wealth. Among the core, individual needs are; physical survival needs, safety
needs, love and belonging needs, self-fulfillment, and self-esteem needs. Despite our different
races and behavioral cultures, basic needs are similar and satisfying. These paper addresses
arguments are supporting that people will gain happiness in meeting their basic needs in
preference to owning large amounts of money and other goods.
Research conducted internationally show that attaining satisfactory basic needs brings
about high performances, creates on overall a healthy mental condition, and display a good
feeling to individuals. According to the Self-Determination Theory (SDT), happiness that last is
related to the basic psychological needs we share. After meeting the powerful basic needs, the

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human psyche is deeply entrenched and grows the urge for self-actualization. The physical;
survival needs (food, breathing, drink, sex, excretion) are physical and biological requirements.
There is a definite struggle to fulfill them, and it may result to an utterance in the line of duty if
physical needs are not attended.
For instance, a king in Jerusalem who had a lot of power and ...