Original sentence: Capitalism — both the word and the system to which it refers — is an object of considerable contention, and is thus not easily defined (see definitions of capitalism).In common usage capitalism is an economic system in which most of the means of production are privately owned and production is guided and income distributed largely through the operation of markets (an economy consisting of both private and government ownership of the means of production is sometimes referred to as state capitalism)
Edited sentence: (see definitions of capitalism for various published definitions).Capitalism is an economic system in which most of the means of production are privately owned and production is guided and income distributed largely through the operation of markets (an economy consisting of both private and government ownership of the means of production is sometimes referred to as state capitalism)