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What is the difference between human needs and human wants?

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Question added by salah hamza , Catering Sales Manager , Al-Washim company for food services
Date Posted: 2014/05/08
SHAIKH MOHAMMED BASHEER AHMED SHAIKH
by SHAIKH MOHAMMED BASHEER AHMED SHAIKH , Account Manager , Tarik Al Zahid Holding Company

The term used by the economist, Needs are fundamental for human survival purpose, but wants are seen as a human desire to get something additional. Wants are unlimitted.

salah hamza
by salah hamza , Catering Sales Manager , Al-Washim company for food services

A need is something you should have, you can't do without it ..... Water, Food.

A want is something that you would like to have but not something that you can't live without ..... Ipod, Gucci bag.

Subhranshu Ganguly
by Subhranshu Ganguly , Quality Analyst. , WIPRO

God has provided for everymans need but its mans greed that is destroying the world.

Let me give an example. Human beings need water to survive. Now if we do not waste water we will have enough for everyone. But the cola jiants and alcohol multinationals deplete so much ground water that the water table goes down in certain areas leading to water scarcity.

 

Nila Eslit
by Nila Eslit , Content Writer for Fitness web , George Allen

Human needs = important requirements for survival.

Human wants = luxuries in life, vanities and things you can live without.

Divyesh Patel
by Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

Need is something that is necessary for the survival of a person. 

Want is something that a person desires, either immediately or in the future.

 

 

Rumshid Noor Mahal
by Rumshid Noor Mahal , General Accountant , Tad-Beer( Kafaah Center Domestic Workers)

Needs are the things that keep you alive. Wants are the things that make your life better.

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by Deleted user

The first is necessity the second is wishful thinking!!!!!!

khaled Ibrahim Sayed Abd El Salam Ibrahim
by khaled Ibrahim Sayed Abd El Salam Ibrahim , Chief Accountant , -ElMehy engineering company

I think the answer differ from person to other and from place to other as well , accroding to the needs which satsifiy the persons needs and can't be live without them , But wants its somethings we can live without them.

Nicholas Poshayi
by Nicholas Poshayi , Teacher/Librarian/Academic Teacher , Brooke Bond School

Needs are basic and necessary while wants are selfish and are things we can do without in life.

Juma Khamis Abdullah Al Harrasi
by Juma Khamis Abdullah Al Harrasi , Freelance , Independent Business

I would say, needs are basic to all humans even in a job there are basic job specifications that everybody should fulfill, however what you want are extra support which enable individuals to be talent and crative in order to achieve there best.

muhammad salman Haider
by muhammad salman Haider , Sales and marketing department manager , Pak-Arab Pesticides

The differences between human wants and needs are sometimes are hard to see the difference. A need is food, water and shelter. A want is luxuries and standards.

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