# Profesor Arun Sundararajan's book, "The Sharing Economy," is reviewed

1 Faculty News June 22, 2016 ![Financial Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025699.jpg?itok=5SpaxEbn)>

Excerpt from the [Financial Times](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f560e5ee-36e8-11e6-a780-b48ed7b6126f.html?siteedition=intl#axzz4CJOKvF7k) -- "Using his own research, [Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) finds that workers on digital marketplaces in the US earn slightly more than nondigital counterparts. A key challenge for these workers, however, is outdated employment laws that draw a line between independent contractors (such as Uber drivers, who work for themselves) and full-time employees, who are eligible for benefits. Sundararajan suggests a new category of 'dependent contractor', which would allow companies to provide some training and benefits without triggering full employment status."

[Read more](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f560e5ee-36e8-11e6-a780-b48ed7b6126f.html?siteedition=intl#axzz4CJOKvF7k)