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Cato Video • October 30, 2014 

# The Cronyism of ‘Certificate of Need’ Laws 

Audio podcast: [https://​www​.cato​.org/​m​u​l​t​i​m​e​d​i​a​/​d​a​i​l​y​-​p​o​d​c​a​s​t​/​c​r​o​n​y​i​s​m​-​c​e​r​t​i​f​i​c​a​t​e​-​n​e​e​d​-laws](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/daily-podcast/cronyism-certificate-need-laws)

Certificate of need laws give incumbent businesses the ability to veto their competition. Matthew Mitchell of the Mercatus Center explores the history and economics of these laws.

Video produced by Caleb O. Brown, Kevin Sennett and Austin Bragg.

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Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute & Senior Research Affiliate, WVU