Volcker to play the heavy, again – Victoria McGrane – Politico.com: “‘He does not have rose-colored glasses. He is Mary Poppins without the sugar,’ Duberstein said, recalling that character’s mantra about spoons and medicine. ‘He doesn’t sugar coat anything, but he makes the medicine go down, which was fundamental to taming inflation and high interest rates that were so prevalent in the late 70s.’ “

And I thought Mary Poppins’ mantra was “Om Mani Padme Hum.“