I disagree with this. In my opinion QALYs are much superior to DALYs for reasons that are inherent to how the measures are defined. I wrote a Tumblr post in response to Slatestarscratchpad a few weeks ago, see http://dooperator.tumblr.com/post/137005888794/can-you-give-me-a-or-two-good-article-on-why .
I agree. QALY also relate to happiness, whereas DALY's relate to functioning.
If you are a billionaire, you have a selfish incentive to reduce DALY's to raise productivity.
QALY's are altruistic in the truest sense. I feel that should be pivotal in EA, not DALY's.
Just because someone can function perfectly (no 'disability') doesn't mean there no super depressed and miserable. They, even if they are a millionaire banker, could be a lot worse off than a highly 'disabled' quadraplegic from the Ivory Coast.
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