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.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1200x1392+0+0/resize/1200x1392!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5f%2F6a%2F1de31fab4ddebedc21bcd455385a%2Fscreenshot-2026-10-12-at-12-34-41-pm.png' alt='undefined'/><p>Prices can get sticky. That helps explain why recessions hurt so much — and what policymakers can do about them.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-147816' />