A summary (for a general audience) of how to put an economic value on life, in dollars or QALYs. While many EAs will already know about that, I also do a rough estimate of potential coronavirus impact in WALYs (well-being adjusted life years), as happiness economics might do.
This suggests that if a global recession like the last one results, it would be far worse than the millions of deaths forecast.
Coronavirus: how much is a life worth?
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A summary (for a general audience) of how to put an economic value on life, in dollars or QALYs. While many EAs will already know about that, I also do a rough estimate of potential coronavirus impact in WALYs (well-being adjusted life years), as happiness economics might do.
This suggests that if a global recession like the last one results, it would be far worse than the millions of deaths forecast.