# Professor Arun Sundararajan's new book, "The Sharing Economy," is featured

1 Faculty News June 15, 2016 ![TED logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/ted192x144.jpg?itok=Zgr9EKOl)>

Excerpt from [TED](http://ideas.ted.com/change-is-good-exchange-is-better/) -- "[Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, sees enough value in the sharing economy — today’s networked, person-to-person exchanges of goods and services — to be an optimist. What’s more, he says, the potential advantages are not just commercial but can make us a more connected and trusting society."

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