# Prof. Arun Sundararajan on how the sharing economy is changing our patterns of consumption

1 Faculty News August 28, 2013 ![WIRED logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032348.jpg?itok=Wszefc-R)>

Excerpt from [WIRED](http://www.wired.com/business/2013/08/sharing-economy-localmotion/) -- “'We need to clearly understand how the sociology of sharing evolves,' says [Arun Sundararajan](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Businesses whose recent research focuses on the sharing economy. Sundararajan says that the act of sharing a possession such as your car or apartment changes the meaning of that thing."

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