Introduction

The sharing economy is the use of online resources to facilitate the sharing of resources between two or more parties. It derives from the principle that the value of under-utilized skills and assets can be increased by making them accessible to more parties. The sharing economy has facilitated the growth of a system where one can access goods and services without necessarily having to own them. The exchange of capital assets, skills, and services in the sharing economy occur through various sharing modalities, these include; peer-to-peer (P2P), peer-to-business (P2B), business-to-peer (B2P), business-to-business (B2B), business-to-government (B2G) and government-to-government (G2G). The P2P and P2B platforms are the most common in the shared economy. They include; Uber, Airbnb, Lyft, Lending Club, Upwork and Etsy[1]. This paper will analyze ‘The passion and interest: unpacking the sharing economy’ and appraise its presentation of the concept of the shared economy. It aims at explaining the concept of the sharing economy.