What ice cream has to do with this year's Nobel Prize in economics

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The headline, as it travelled

All 5 reports used the same wording across 5 outlets - nobody re-reported it in their own words.

All 5 reports on Tue, 13 October 2026

What it is about

Milton Friedman Gregory Mankiw Timo Boppart Robert Lucas Robert Hall Edward Prescott John Hassler Ben Bernanke Michael Woodford John Maynard Keynes Alfred Nobel Federal Reserve Columbia University Harvard University Stanford University Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden Sweden

Who published it, and when

How it spread - 1 original report, 4 reprints

Tue, 13 October 2026
1 report
- NPR News10:30
  What ice cream has to do with this year's Nobel Prize in economics
  Prices can get sticky. That helps explain why recessions hurt so much — and what policymakers can do about them.
  4 reprints
  - ypradio.org13 Oct, 10:30their copy
  - iowapublicradio.org13 Oct, 10:30their copy
  - wfsu.org13 Oct, 10:30their copy
  - kawc.org13 Oct, 10:30their copy