# In an op-ed, Professor Michael Spence examines the expansion of the sharing economy

1 Faculty News September 28, 2015 ![Project Syndicate logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030500.jpg?itok=ONV7lJ6H)>

Excerpt from [Project Syndicate](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/inexorable-logic-sharing-economy-by-michael-spence-2015-09) -- "The truth is that the Internet-led process of exploiting under-utilized resources – be they physical and financial capital or human capital and talent – is both unstoppable and accelerating."

[Read more](http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/inexorable-logic-sharing-economy-by-michael-spence-2015-09)

Additional coverage appeared on [The Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-spence/logic-sharing-economy_b_8387364.html).