# Prof. Arun Sundararajan weighs in on regulation of the sharing economy

1 Faculty News October 13, 2013 ![Chicago Tribune logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_036769.gif?itok=8DjrVWuj)>

Excerpt from [The Chicago Tribune](http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-10-13/business/ct-biz-1013-disruptive-tech--20131013_1_uber-playing-field-taxi) -- "NYU's [Sundararajan](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan) said consumers have clearly seen value in online services like Airbnb and Uber and regulators should create space for them. 'I'm not arguing that we should not have any regulation at all,' he said. 'But these are clearly things that people want and things that aren't inherently unsafe. So let's create a simple framework.'"

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