How do we decide what we want versus what we need? What can result from an imbalance between want and need? 2-3 sentences

We decide what we need by seeing our needs and how important it is. In other words you might want food but you also need food. Something that you want can be something that you need but it can also just be something that you want. For example to survive you need water but you can want water and need it. Something that you just want isn't something that you need.

Explanation:

it was the battle of midway (june 4-7 1942), in which was an american decisive victory against the japanese navy. americans lost one aircraft carrier, one destroyer and 150 planes. japan lost 4 aircraft carriers, 1 heavy cruiser and 248 planes. american casualties were 307 and japanese casualties were 3057. japan never recovered from its loses and after midway the americans started getting the upper hand in the pacific war.