Born in 1950, Ernst Wolff grew up in south-east Asia, went to school in Germany and studied in the US. He pursued a range of professions including positions as journalist, interpreter and screenwriter. For four decades he has been giving his special attention to the interrelationships of politics and economics, which according to him are now of pivotal importance: “The 2008 financial crisis and the eurozone crisis ave been nothing but precursors of a coming global financial tsunami which will cause the IMF and its international and German allies to adopt measures we currently can't even imagine.”