# Professor Arun Sundararajan comments on Uber's political support from its users

1 Faculty News December 2, 2015 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-12-02/uber-goes-right-to-users-phones-when-it-wants-lawmakers-to-jump) -- "'Because of the immediacy and the flexibility of the app, it does give them a certain advantage,' said [Arun Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), professor at New York University’s business school who studies the sharing economy. 'For their size, they have immense amounts of regulatory battles. Uber seems to be a strong believer in using consumer collective action as one of the forces in their political battles.'"

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