From the article: The Nobel Prize in Economics aspires to reward scientific achievement, just like the prizes in physics, chemistry, and medicine. But given how politically divided economics is as a field, it's normal for prize selections to be interpreted in ideological terms.
Indeed, commentators are already interpreting this year's award to Princeton professor Angus Deaton as a victory for skeptics of foreign aid, of which Deaton has been relentlessly critical:
But Deaton's views are more subtle than "aid is bad" — and the reality is more subtle, and more auspicious for foreign aid, than even Deaton's nuanced take suggests.
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