Kipling I think, had it right with The Gods of the Copy Book Headings

THey denied that wishes were horses, they denied that a pig had wings
So we worshipped the Gods of the Market, who promised us all of those things.

After a good deal more caution he concludes:-

And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins,
When all men are paid for existing, and no man must pay for his sins,
Assurely as water will wet us, as surely as fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copy Book Headings with terror and slaughter return!

FC