What does "beyond its reach" mean?

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What does "should be beyond its reach" mean?  The sort of stories told in this book are not often covered in Econ. 101, but that may not be true forever. Since the science of economics is primarily a set of tools, as opposed to a subject matter, then no subject, however offbeat, should be beyond its reach.A lot of thanks!

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

There is no subject that should be outside of what economics could cover. It can "stretch" to cover many things.

Maple · Answer

That's it! Thank you!

And I think there should be an exception if philosophy can be called a subject.

NewPhilologist · Answer

Are you by any chance reading Freakonomics?

Maple · Answer

NewPhilologistAre you by any chance reading Freakonomics?

I was listening to the introduction of it by the chance which the teacher gave us in an English listening comprehension lesson. The assignment was to write a summary of it (a normal speed nine-minute reading record. *** help me!). I realized it's a mission impossible for me according to what I wrote on the paper of what I'd heard. So I labored to google it out. (I think it couldn't be called a cheat because I've told the teacher it's totally over my head

Now you see that's the chance by which I'm reading its introduction.

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