The FIFA World Cup: Price Controls on Ticket Prices?

Tags: Bureaucracy and Regulation, Free Markets, Price Controls

07/15/2026 Josh Bozzick

World Cup tickets are a hot commodity with prices through the roof. Naturally, governments want to do what governments always do unsuccessfully: levy price controls.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/fifa-world-cup-price-controls-ticket-prices

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The FIFA World Cup: Price Controls on Ticket Prices?