# Prof. Arun Sundararajan on regulation of the sharing economy

1 Faculty News August 6, 2013 ![San Jose Mercury News logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_043391.jpg?itok=uo-uvv5A)>

Excerpt from [San Jose Mercury News](http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_23809325/sharing-economy-moves-mainstream) -- "'It's a groundbreaking new economic paradigm,' said [Arun Sundararajan](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business who studies digital economies. 'This isn't just a recession-era phenomenon. It's a technology-driven change.'"

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