No, not the swimming sort of fish. It is rare that one could turn to the New York Times for good spiritual counsel, but a recent opinion piece by Stanley Fish is really quite good.

Here’s a snippet from the conclusion of the article:

This economy, in which funds depleted are endlessly replenished, is underwritten by a power so great and beneficent that it turns failures into treasures. Some economists identify that power as the market and ask us to have faith in it. God might be a better candidate.