This paper examines the transformation of the capitalist mode of production that accompanies the expansion of immaterial labor as a source of effective wealth generation. This evaluation is made within the scope of the labor theory of value and the critique of political economy. Therefore, first it questions the true impact of informatization on the capitalist nature of ongoing production processes, especially in central countries. It goes on to compare the major characteristics of the Taylorist industry with the outstanding characteristics of the post-Taylorist industry. Finally, it comes to the conclusion that an import transformation of the capitalist system is in progress: the great industry, as it was characterized by Marx in Capital, is no longer predominant in countries central to the system, because what prevails nowadays is the post-great industry.
Immaterial work; Taylorism; Post-Taylorism; Great industry; Post-great industry