The Econ prize has gone to Hayek friedman stigler buchanan coase
And a fair number of other very solid pro-freedom economists
Lots the other way as well but more balanced than peace or lit prizes.
When I think Nobel, I think of STEM... groundbreaking chem, biochem, medical, or physics. Of course, the Nobel palette is broader.
I put Econ somewhere in between the hard sciences and the bullcrap prizes like Peace and literature.
Some of the Economics awards are for work which helps us appreciate how people interact, in the small and the large. You cited some great examples.