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Should Polygamy Be Illegal? by Doug French: "Legalizing polygamy, as economist David Friedman wrote in his book Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life, 'allows some men who before wanted one wife to try to marry two instead -- provided that they are willing to offer terms at which potential wives are willing to accept half a husband apiece. So the demand curve for wives shifts out. The supply curve stays the same, the demand curve shifts out, so the price must go up. Women are better off.'"