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	An '''Ideal Type''' is a specific notion of understanding.<ref name="humanaction_consumer_sovereignty">[[Ludwig von Mises]]. [https://~~mises.~~freecapitalists.org/~~humanaction~~/~~chap2sec9.asp~~ II. Epistemological Problems of Human Action], 9. Ideal Types, [[Human Action]], online version, referenced 2011-02-06.</ref> They are constructed by the nonhistorical branches of science. They are used by [[Max Weber]] and [[Ludwig von Mises]] as explanatory and analytical devices. For example, an "[[entrepreneur]]" is an '''ideal type''' or even [[Plato]]'s "philosopher kings". [[Functional distribution]] makes use of ideal types to explain the workings of the market economy.		An '''Ideal Type''' is a specific notion of understanding.<ref name="humanaction_consumer_sovereignty">[[Ludwig von Mises]]. [https://freecapitalists.org/books/human-action/read/chapter-ii-the-epistemological-problems-of-the-sciences-of/ II. Epistemological Problems of Human Action], 9. Ideal Types, [[Human Action]], online version, referenced 2011-02-06.</ref> They are constructed by the nonhistorical branches of science. They are used by [[Max Weber]] and [[Ludwig von Mises]] as explanatory and analytical devices. For example, an "[[entrepreneur]]" is an '''ideal type''' or even [[Plato]]'s "philosopher kings". [[Functional distribution]] makes use of ideal types to explain the workings of the market economy.

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	An '''Ideal Type''' is a specific notion of understanding.<ref name="humanaction_consumer_sovereignty">[[Ludwig von Mises]]. [~~http~~://mises.org/humanaction/chap2sec9.asp II. Epistemological Problems of Human Action], 9. Ideal Types, [[Human Action]], online version, referenced 2011-02-06.</ref> They are constructed by the nonhistorical branches of science. They are used by [[Max Weber]] and [[Ludwig von Mises]] as explanatory and analytical devices. For example, an "[[entrepreneur]]" is an '''ideal type''' or even [[Plato]]'s "philosopher kings". [[Functional distribution]] makes use of ideal types to explain the workings of the market economy.		An '''Ideal Type''' is a specific notion of understanding.<ref name="humanaction_consumer_sovereignty">[[Ludwig von Mises]]. [https://mises.freecapitalists.org/humanaction/chap2sec9.asp II. Epistemological Problems of Human Action], 9. Ideal Types, [[Human Action]], online version, referenced 2011-02-06.</ref> They are constructed by the nonhistorical branches of science. They are used by [[Max Weber]] and [[Ludwig von Mises]] as explanatory and analytical devices. For example, an "[[entrepreneur]]" is an '''ideal type''' or even [[Plato]]'s "philosopher kings". [[Functional distribution]] makes use of ideal types to explain the workings of the market economy.

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	An '''Ideal Type''' is a specific notion of understanding~~. They are constructed by the nonhistorical branches of science~~.<ref name="humanaction_consumer_sovereignty">[[Ludwig von Mises]]. [http://mises.org/humanaction/chap2sec9.asp II. Epistemological Problems of Human Action], 9. Ideal Types, [[Human Action]], online version, referenced 2011-02-06.</ref> They are used by [[Max Weber]] and [[Ludwig von Mises]] as explanatory and analytical devices. For example, an "[[entrepreneur]]" is an '''ideal type''' or even [[Plato]]'s "philosopher kings". [[Functional distribution]] makes use of ideal types to explain the workings of the market economy.		An '''Ideal Type''' is a specific notion of understanding.<ref name="humanaction_consumer_sovereignty">[[Ludwig von Mises]]. [http://mises.org/humanaction/chap2sec9.asp II. Epistemological Problems of Human Action], 9. Ideal Types, [[Human Action]], online version, referenced 2011-02-06.</ref> They are constructed by the nonhistorical branches of science. They are used by [[Max Weber]] and [[Ludwig von Mises]] as explanatory and analytical devices. For example, an "[[entrepreneur]]" is an '''ideal type''' or even [[Plato]]'s "philosopher kings". [[Functional distribution]] makes use of ideal types to explain the workings of the market economy.

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	An '''Ideal Type''' is a specific notion of understanding. They are constructed by the nonhistorical branches of science.<ref name="humanaction_consumer_sovereignty">[[Ludwig von Mises]]. [http://mises.org/humanaction/chap2sec9.asp II. Epistemological Problems of Human Action], 9. Ideal Types, [[Human Action]], online version, referenced 2011-02-06.</ref> They are used by [[Max Weber]] and [[Ludwig von Mises]] as explanatory and analytical devices. For example, an "[[entrepreneur]]" is an ideal type~~. Also~~ [[Plato]]'s "philosopher kings" ~~could be considered an '''ideal type'''~~. [[Functional distribution]] makes use of ideal types to explain the workings of the market economy.		An '''Ideal Type''' is a specific notion of understanding. They are constructed by the nonhistorical branches of science.<ref name="humanaction_consumer_sovereignty">[[Ludwig von Mises]]. [http://mises.org/humanaction/chap2sec9.asp II. Epistemological Problems of Human Action], 9. Ideal Types, [[Human Action]], online version, referenced 2011-02-06.</ref> They are used by [[Max Weber]] and [[Ludwig von Mises]] as explanatory and analytical devices. For example, an "[[entrepreneur]]" is an '''ideal type''' or even [[Plato]]'s "philosopher kings". [[Functional distribution]] makes use of ideal types to explain the workings of the market economy.

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An '''Ideal Type''' is a specific notion of understanding. They are constructed by the nonhistorical branches of science.<ref name="humanaction_consumer_sovereignty">[[Ludwig von Mises]]. [http://mises.org/humanaction/chap2sec9.asp II. Epistemological Problems of Human Action], 9. Ideal Types, [[Human Action]], online version, referenced 2011-02-06.</ref> They are used by [[Max Weber]] and [[Ludwig von Mises]] as explanatory and analytical devices. For example, an "[[entrepreneur]]" is an ideal type. Also [[Plato]]'s "philosopher kings" could be considered an '''ideal type'''. [[Functional distribution]] makes use of ideal types to explain the workings of the market economy.

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