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Niccolo Leo Caldararo

San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology

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1600 Holloway Ave.

San Francisco, CA 94132

United States

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1.

Why People Fear Banks and Why They Are Needed: Banks as Institutions of Caching and as Religious Symbols

Number of pages: 88 Posted: 11 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 552 (35,871)

Abstract:

banking, history of banking, theory of banking, savings, credit, cross-cultural

2.

The Psychic Unity of Mankind: The Origins of Anthropology, the Anti-Slavery Movement, Cultural Relativism and Man's 'Unique' Nature

Number of pages: 217 Posted: 08 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 276 (51,445)

Abstract:

anthropology, psychic unity of mankind, cultural relativism

3.

Caching, Money, Magic, Derivatives, Mana and Modern Finance

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 20 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2016
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 269 (88,815)
Citation 1

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caching, money, credit, hedge funds, CDOs, the market, mana, derivatives

4.

Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram and Forms of Rebellion in the 21st Century in the Vacuum of Ottoman Soviet 'Collapse'

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 255 (68,328)

Abstract:

al-Qaeda, ISIS, terrorism, repression, Boko Haram, Iraq, Afghanistan

5.

Empty Housing in America, Housing Needs, Shadow Banks and the Sharing Economy

Downloads 158 (154,385)

Empty Housing in America, Housing Needs, Shadow Banks and the Sharing Economy

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 19 May 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 142 (169,451)

Abstract:

sharing economy, vacant housing, credit crisis

Empty Housing in America, Housing Needs, Shadow Banks and the Sharing Economy

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 19 May 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 16 (479,550)

Abstract:

Colony Collapse Disorder, bee societies, disease avoidance, illness and behavior

6.

Fukuyama, Democracy and the New World Order of ISIS

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2014
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 153 (102,052)

Abstract:

End of History, Fukuyama, Huntington, Clash of Civilizations

7.

ADD, ADHD, Drugs, Depression and Suicide in Children

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 05 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2010
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 136 (163,342)

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ADD, ADHD, Children, drugs, behavioral modification

8.

ADD, ADHD: Genetics, Cross-Cultural Research and Drugs, Depression and Suicide in Children

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 24 Oct 2010
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 83 (227,957)

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9.

Turkey, the West, Secularism and Fanaticism

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2012
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 75 (250,345)

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Turkey, secularism, Islam, fundamentalism, Armenian Question

10.

Evolutionary Aspects of Disease Avoidance: The Role of Disease in the Development of Complex Society

Number of pages: 164 Posted: 10 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2012
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 56 (276,844)

Abstract:

disease behavior, avoidance, complex society

11.

The Housing Crisis and Homelessness: An Outline History, and an Example from San Francisco Ethnographic Materials

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 04 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 09 May 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
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12.

Derivatives and Debt: The Market as God and Marketing as Proselytizing

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 Oct 2009
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 54 (295,339)
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13.

America in Afghanistan: Naivete, Greed and Good Intentions: An Anthropological View

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 19 Sep 2010
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 52 (285,830)

Abstract:

Afghanistan, USA, American interests, Soviet Union

14.

Complex Animal Societies, Domestication and Human Uniqueness

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Jan 2011
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 50 (313,475)

Abstract:

Human uniqueness, complex society, domestication

15.

Human Sacrifice, Capital Punishment, Prisons & Justice: A Comparative Study

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 04 Aug 2013
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
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16.

Ukraine Neither a State Nor a Country?

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 05 May 2014 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 48 (310,663)

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17.

The Market as God and Marketing as Proselytizing

FINANACE AND BANKING DEVELOPMENTS, Charles V. Karsone, ed., Nova Science Publishers, 2009
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 16 Dec 2011
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 47 (308,014)
Citation 1

Abstract:

market, equities, capitalism, god, financial crises

18.

War or Religion in the Archaeological Record Tiahuanaco, Predatory Empire or Religious Cult?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 Apr 2013
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 38 (305,409)

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Violence and civilization, Tiahuanaco, Kuksu, Sanusi, War, Religion, Proselytizing, Culture Change

19.

Wild Fire, Home Survival, Defensive Space and Self-Fulfilling Prophesy

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Jul 2008
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 36 (359,260)

Abstract:

Wildfire, Fire suppression, Defensible Space, Fire regimes

20.

Grand Juries: Police Violence, Civil Liabilities and Benefits

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 11 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 18 Jan 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 33 (336,626)

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Grand Jury, Police, shootings, liability

21.

Electronic Money, Foreign Exchange, Global Trade & Carthage

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 01 Aug 2014
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 32 (362,690)

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electronic money, currency, debt, deflation, Carthage

22.

The Anthropology of the Credit Crisis: Magical Thinking, Irrationality and the Role of Inequality

Number of pages: 314 Posted: 27 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2013
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 32 (297,746)
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economics, economic anthropology, financial instruments, irrational behavior

23.

Histories of Democracy, Colonial Escape: Turkey & Japan, an Avenue from Arab Spring to a Balance of Secularism and Religion

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2014
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 30 (349,324)
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24.

Lomechusamania and Colony Collapse Disorder in Honeybees: Implications for Disease in Complex Animal Societies

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 30 (339,777)

Abstract:

Colony Collapse Disorder, bee societies, disease avoidance, illness and behavior

25.

Aung San Suu Kyi, Buddhism & The Crisis in Myanmar (Burma)

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 26 Jun 2014
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 29 (313,475)

Abstract:

Aung San, Aung San Suu Kyi, Buddhism, Myanmar (Burma)

26.

Islamic State and Reversing Colonialism Naivete and the Nature of Evil

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 14 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 29 Dec 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 26 (288,166)

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Evil, religion, ethnic, race, civilization, Judeo-Christian

27.

Contemporary Islamic Tension, the Ulema and the Iconoclastic Background

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 13 Jan 2013
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 21 (401,822)

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Islam, democracy, Judeo-Christian Tradition, religion, violence

28.

Yemen, Cairo and the End of Saudi Arabia

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 28 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 17 (295,339)

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Houthis, Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, Iran, Sunni, Shia, water, oil

29.

Social Mobility: Fixed or Pattern?

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 03 Oct 2014
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 14 (406,370)

Abstract:

Social Mobility, Inequality, Status Quo, Underclass

30.

Secular Stagnation, Too Much Saving, Ben Bernanke vs Larry Summers and the Theory of Limited Good

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 31 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 13 (359,260)

Abstract:

credit crisis, QE, central banks, investment, consumption, inequality

31.

Palestine, Israel, the USA & the Peace Talk Ritual

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 01 Aug 2013
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 13 (431,022)

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Palestine, Israel, Middle East, peace talks

32.

The Origins of the Nation-State in Japan: Destruction of Militant Buddhism and Western Contact of the 15th and 16th Centuries

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
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33.

Inequalities, Fraud and Caste Punishments: An American Saga

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 27 Nov 2014
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 9 (446,660)

Abstract:

banks, financial system, fraud

34.

A Note on the Archaeological Report

North American Archaeologist, Vol. 61, No. 1, 1984-1985
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 31 Mar 2013
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 9 (477,449)
Citation 1

Abstract:

archaeological reports, writing of reports, style and content

35.

Beyond Zero Population: Climate Change & the Resilience of Civilizations

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 12 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2013
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 9 (425,888)

Abstract:

climate change, civilization, collapse, East Asia

36.

Preliminary Observations on the Behavior of Feral Chickens on the Island of Kauai; Reflections on Domestication as Complexity

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 19 May 2017
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology

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Avifauna, Gallus gallus, Feral chickens, social organization, dominance, sex ratio

37.

Wildfire and Fire-Adapted Ecology: How People Created the Current Fire Disasters

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 24 Aug 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 6 (406,370)

Abstract:

wild fire, fire suppression, logging, sprawal, global warming

38.

Tech Mirages, the Worship of Innovation, the Open Office and Creative Destruction: The End of Value

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 09 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 5 (377,230)

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Open Office, Work place organization, productivity, group size, Dunbar’s number

39.

Electronic Money, Foreign Exchange, Global Trade & Its History

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 01 Aug 2014
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 5 (456,966)

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electronic money, currency, debt, deflation, Carthage

40.

North Korea & Hysteria, Madness

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 21 May 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 4 (436,158)

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North Korea, South Korea, World War II, Korean Conflict, Park Dictatorship

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The Concepts of 'Species' and 'Population' in Considering Ancient DNA and Building Phylogenetic Trees of Hominid Evolution

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 26 May 2017
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
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42.

Fear of China: Economic and Political Challenge in the 21st Century: Roots and Trends

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 18 Jan 2017
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
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China, colonialism, post-colonial transition, conflict, popular movements, revolution, eusociality

43.

The Euro, the Dollar and the Costs of Union: The USA & Eurozone

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 08 Sep 2016
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
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Euro, Eurozone, EU, US Dollar, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Depopulation, Deflation

44.

Recovery, Retirement, Central Bank Intervention and the Bentzel Effect or Productivity

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 26 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2016
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
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45.

Financial Evolution and Central Bank Credit: Ethics, Morals, Taxation, Stagnation and Bank Holidays

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 May 2016 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2016
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 0 (384,930)

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Credit crisis, banking, Great Depression, Great Recession, Iceland, ethics, morals, stagnation

46.

Law, Interpretation and Authority: Ancient and Modern

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 10 May 2016
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
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Law, primitive, world, cross cultural, practice

47.

Exploding Tax Havens and Inequality: Donor-Advised Funds in Focus

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 21 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 03 May 2016
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 0 (319,047)

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Donor-Advised Funds, Tax Shelters, Tax Avoidance, Inequality

48.

Atenor Firmin's the Equality of the Human Races, Written 1883-1885, Published in French in 1885, Translated into English in 2000 and Published in English in 2002: Its Importance and Why Ignored

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 16 Jan 2016
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
Downloads 0 (415,840)

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Atenor Firmin; Racism; Supremist Theory; Colonialism

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Local Resistance in the Era of Capitalist Globalization: Clash of Cultures in the 21st Century

The IUP Journal of International Relations, Vol. IX, No. 3, July 2015, pp. 7-22
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 30 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2015
Niccolo Leo Caldararo
San Francisco State University - Department of Anthropology
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