# Professor Arun Sundararajan is interviewed about how a new California court ruling may impact workers and platforms in the sharing economy

1 Faculty News May 2, 2018 ![WIRED logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032348.jpg?itok=Wszefc-R)>

Excerpt from [WIRED](https://www.wired.com/story/a-california-ruling-threatens-the-gig-economy/) -- "New York University Stern School of Business professor [Arun Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) says the gig economy will survive, but prices will be higher, at least in California, and push companies to adopt more automation. 'It doesn't threaten the long-term viability of businesses as a whole, but I think it will shrink their market in the short term because it will decrease sales,' Sundararajan says."

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