# Professor Arun Sundararajan discusses the lack of protections for workers in the sharing economy

1 Faculty News February 7, 2016 ![Crain's New York logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031171.jpg?itok=74z5O7mn)>

Excerpt from [Crain's New York](http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160207/TECHNOLOGY/160209885/uber-is-killing-the-bike-messenger) -- "'We have to look at the objective of different labor protections, then look at the solution, and think about whether the solution fits this new world of cloud-based capitalism where you're not necessarily working full-time,' said [Arun Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), a professor at NYU's Stern School of Business."

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