how does the share economy differ from the conventional economy 
the share economy has several distinct characteristics the bottom linethe sharing economy has enabled many people to live a life that is relatively independent and flexible while sharing their resources and talents with others like them it can allow participants to make extra money by pooling unused resources which decreases the resources that each individual needs to own however there are concerns and criticisms of the sharing economy most peer to peer participants rely on access to sophisticated trading platforms to connect and these platforms are backed by large businesses that take a big slice of the profits for themselves and may not follow government regulations as these models evolve many of them become full time businesses rather than embracing the short term sharing of resources within the community 