Abstract: “This paper shows the fundamental, yet overlooked relations between the theory of needs and the theory of social stratification. The distributions of human needs and the synthesis between these distributions and social stratification suggests that hierarchical representations that are attributed to Maslow and Marx on needs and classes cause a misunderstanding on relative proportions of the needs and classes in the society.”

Keywords: Hierarcical needs, social stratification, normal distributions, Abraham Maslow, Karl Marx