For me GIPS was not boring than Economics. The key was that I didnt have to understand anything in GIPS, just practise a few questions thats it..
But with Economics I got to bl..dy understand the stuff and as such I was (still am) bad at it And the conflicting views of different economists didnt help either
As with Ethics, CFAI has got it completely wrong with the way they have tried to test ethics. I find no value add in testing people giving convoluted scenarios and check whether it was required or recommended by code of ethics
Note: Pls dont get me wrong; I am not blaming CFAI here, I chose to write their exam and its their exam. They are free to test me and you the way they want