# Prof. Arun Sundararajan discusses the future of the job market and the sharing economy

1 Faculty News October 10, 2014 ![PBS NewsHour logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030937.jpg?itok=l4_epy89)>

Excerpt from [PBS NewsHour](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/sharing-economy-enrich-micro-entrepreneurs-promote-unregulated-big-business/) -- "There’s no clear way of predicting that people are going to lose their jobs in the long run. There’s definitely going to be a shift, in the same way that a century ago, like, 25, 30 percent of the United States worked in agriculture. Today, it’s less than 1 percent."

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