crime. What are the two things? First, there is either a threat or an offer. In the former case, it is, typically, to … Clinton to the beggar to the fund raiser for the local charity can attest. Yet when combined, the result is called blackmail … and it is widely seen as a crime. But that is just the puzzle. The mystery is that over a dozen attempts to account for …

is considered a crime. First, one may gossip, and, provided that what is said is true, there is nothing illegal about it … requests money in exchange for silence -- money in exchange for giving up the right of free speech -- it is a crime. The law … the law to threaten to gossip, unless paid off not to do so. In a word, blackmail is a victimless crime, and must be …

of society are centred around issues of altruism and selfishness. Experimental evidence indicates that human altruism is …