# Professor Arun Sundararajan comments on the future of the sharing economy

1 Faculty News April 3, 2016 ![CBC logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030877.jpg?itok=hGNV0pzL)>

Excerpt from [CBC Radio](http://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/315-social-algorithms-healthcare-design-and-more-1.3514572/has-the-gig-economy-lost-its-mojo-1.3514618) -- "'If we look forward ten years, a healthy double digit percentage of many large economies will be sharing economy activity' he says. He sees a particularly strong role for countries like China, where the emerging middle class '...think about getting a car on demand rather than owning a car, or staying in Airbnb-style accommodation rather than going to a hotel. So the entire model of consumption that they embrace as they become middle class consumers may end up being sharing economy aligned.'"

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