"A story. Of Economics. In Africa."

He cleared his throat, and began. 

"I eked a meagre living, exploiting a fundamental structural discrepancy in the price of Goats." He looked me in the eye. 

I nodded. "You've lost me," I said. 

"I must apologise," he said. "My degree is in economics, and it has had an unfortunate effect on my conversational English. Allow me to begin again..." He composed himself. 

"My story is a sorry tale, of the Dismal Science, in the heart of the Dark Continent..." 

"Lost me," I said, nodding. 

"A story. Of Economics. In Africa."

That is from Julian Gough's brilliant short story "The Great Hargisa Goat Bubble"

HT: TH