# Prof. Arun Sundararajan on the regulation of sharing economy platforms

1 Faculty News April 23, 2014 ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from [The Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/04/23/why-we-cant-figure-out-how-to-regulate-airbnb/) -- "'It doesn’t seem to be in the best interest of society to place the same regulatory burden on someone who does something occasionally and someone who does something frequently,' [Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) says."

[Read more](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/04/23/why-we-cant-figure-out-how-to-regulate-airbnb/)

Additional coverage appeared on [Reason.com](http://reason.com/reasontv/2014/05/13/woman-with-a-car-vs-washington-dc-taxi-c).