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Statistical models exist primarily for the falsification of hypotheses. The Austrians didn't submit such models so their theories could never be subjected to the same scrutiny that mainstream theories are. "It's too complex" is a cop-out, and Austrian theory's lack of math is enticing to people who don't want to put forth the effort involved in rigorous study (i.e., internet scholars). They pretended to be agnostic about economic principles, when really they just applied ad hoc explanations for economic events (which they were free to do because they weren't constrained to those pesky mathematical models).