Professor Robert E. Lane argued that the person who is motivated by needs for affiliation, rather than by needs for achievement, does less well in the market. Such a person is not rewarded as well as autonomous, achievement-oriented people.
a. Is Lane correct? Explain.
b. Is capitalism, in the long run, destructive of societal welfare in that achievement is better rewarded than affiliation? Explain. See, Robert E. Lane, The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000).