Of politics and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs In the very final analysis, politics is all about wants and needs. As one politician puts it, “It’s all about who gets what, when, and where.” ...

What is the hierarchy of needs? Essentially, it’s a psychological model designed by 20th-century psychologist Abraham Maslow meant to depict the basis of human motivation and behavior.

Well, sort of. Psychologist Abraham Maslow wrote a paper about these needs in 1943 called, "A Theory of Human Motivation.' He studied motivation — what drives people.