Chunlu Fei

Chunlu Fei

Independent researcher. Author of The Temporal Foundation of Economics.

Publications

Books

The Temporal Audit of Economics（《经济学的时间审计》）

Published in Zenodo (Open Access), 2026

Volume II of the trilogy on temporal economics. This book applies the unified temporal criterion developed in Volume I to diagnose the limits of resource-based economics. It conducts a systematic temporal audit of standard economic models, identifying the points at which classical resource accounting silently presupposes temporal conditions that may not hold. Available in both Chinese (中文版) and English editions on Zenodo (Open Access).（含中文简介）

Recommended citation: Fei, Chunlu. (2026). The Temporal Audit of Economics (经济学的时间审计). Volume II of the Temporal Economics Trilogy. Zenodo.
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The Temporal Foundation of Economics（《经济学的时间基础》）

Published in Zenodo (Open Access), 2026

Volume I of the trilogy on temporal economics. This book establishes the formal theory of temporal feasibility, temporal equilibrium, and the shadow cost of time. It reconstructs economic feasibility under the dual constraints of resources and time, treating time not as a background parameter but as an endogenous and binding condition of economic life. Available in both Chinese (中文版) and English editions on Zenodo (Open Access, 348+ downloads as of May 2026).（含中文简介）

Recommended citation: Fei, Chunlu. (2026). The Temporal Foundation of Economics (经济学的时间基础). Volume I of the Temporal Economics Trilogy. Zenodo.
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Journal Articles

Temporal Feasibility and the Limits of Resource-Based Economics

Published in SSRN Working Paper, 2026

This paper develops the concept of temporal feasibility as a binding constraint on economic systems, and uses it to delineate the limits of resource-based economics. While standard economic analysis treats resources as the primary scarcity, this paper argues that the temporal capacity to coordinate, allocate, and adjust is an equally fundamental and often more binding constraint — one that resource-based frameworks systematically under-recognize.（含中文简介）

Recommended citation: Fei, Chunlu. (2026). "Temporal Feasibility and the Limits of Resource-Based Economics." SSRN Working Paper. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6744038
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The Realizability Problem in Economics

Published in SSRN Working Paper, 2026

This paper formulates and analyzes the realizability problem in economics: the gap between what economic theory describes as feasible and what economic systems can actually realize under finite coordination capacity and binding temporal constraints. The paper argues that much of modern economics has conflated mathematical solvability with real-world realizability, and develops a framework for distinguishing the two.（含中文简介）

Recommended citation: Fei, Chunlu. (2026). "The Realizability Problem in Economics." SSRN Working Paper. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6744418
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Social Transformation in the Age of AGI: From Tool to Meta-Institution

Published in SSRN Working Paper, 2026

This paper argues that Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) should not be understood as an advanced tool, but as a meta-institution that restructures the formation of judgment, coordination capacity, and the foundational rules of social order. It examines the migration of judgment authority from human institutions to algorithmic systems, and the implications of this migration for economic governance, accountability, and the conditions of social reproduction.（含中文简介）

Recommended citation: Fei, Chunlu. (2026). "Social Transformation in the Age of AGI: From Tool to Meta-Institution." SSRN Working Paper. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6165207
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