# Professor Arun Sundararajan discusses a recent survey of workers in the sharing economy

1 Faculty News May 25, 2015 ![San Francisco Chronicle logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030853.jpg?itok=5J96iBF2)>

Excerpt from [San Francisco Chronicle](http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/national/article/Flexibility-of-new-style-jobs-comes-with-a-cost-6285466.php) -- "The survey results 'underscore that schedule flexibility and work-life balance will be critical for the workforce of the future,' said NYU business professor [Arun Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), who studies the on-demand economy. He thinks that about half of workers will be free-lancers over the next decade, either exclusively or for supplemental income."

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