# Prof. Arun Sundararajan on the regulation of the sharing economy

1 Faculty News December 11, 2014 ![MSNBC logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030725.jpg?itok=1TPLKUHG)>

Excerpt from [MSNBC](http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/the-complicated-politics-uber) -- "'Increasingly, platforms like these are going to be the source of creating new work,' which could create tension between states or cities with tougher or looser regulations, [Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) said. 'It will be a conversation of "do we want to constrain the platforms in the interest of consumer protection or do we want them to let them flourish in the interest of work creation?"'"

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