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In Fortune's Theater

Nicholas Scott Baker

1 person has this book on the record — 0 of 1 verdicts positive. The dissent stays on the page.

The bar next to each date shows how long ago it was said: 6d is days, 4yr is years.

Jason Zweig read it affiliate
Baker meticulously traces these changes as they materialized in art, literature, and the ledgers and letters of Italian merchants.

on jasonzweig.com · 14 Jul 2026

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That little bar

It says how long ago something was said, so you can tell last month from 2014 without doing the arithmetic. Full and green is recent; it drains and cools as the date gets older, and empties completely at about 6 years.

A striped bar means the date itself is an estimate — the source did not carry an exact one. An entry with no date at all gets no bar.