# Professor Arun Sundararajan comments on the rise of non-employment work arrangements

1 Faculty News July 3, 2017 ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from the [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2017/07/03/side-hustles-are-the-new-norm-heres-how-much-they-really-pay/?utm_term=.4ba4953e51d0) -- “'While we continue to be at what is considered full-employment, the quality of each of those jobs has been dwindling, causing people to seek out new ways to supplement their full-time income,' said [Arun Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'There is a lot more volatility in the world of work today than there was 20 or 30 years ago.'"

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