# Professor Arun Sundararajan is featured in an opinion column on trust in the sharing economy, explaining how these digital platforms have become an integral part of the geopolitical landscape

1 Faculty News August 3, 2018 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/opinion/airbnb-is-the-new-nato.html) -- “'These platforms are an integral part of the geopolitical landscape, because in some ways and for a different set of reasons their power is approaching the power historically held by nation states,' [Arun Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business and author of 'The Sharing Economy,' said."

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