Megan: People pursue wealth beyond what their basic needs require only if they see it as a way of achieving high status or prestige  Channen: Not everybody thinks that way  After all, money is the universal medium of exchange
So, if you have enough of it, you can exchange it for whatever other material goods you may need or want even if you are indifferent to what others think of you
the motive for pursuing wealth beyond what one's basic needs require is ever anything other than the desire for prestige or high status