CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday opined on the economy, remarking on the country's sizeable wealth gap using a "chip" analogy.
He said wealthy investors and businesses are devouring microchip companies while the cash-strapped consumer balks at the inflated cost of food items like potato chips.
He noted that Nvidia shares shot up so much that its investors would not know the price difference between name-brand and generic potato chips.
Unlike potato chips, costly microchips deliver businesses such large returns on their investments that they're addictive, he added, saying they're essential to new generative artificial intelligence products.
"Maybe one day the productivity gains we get from these microchips will make potato chips more affordable," Cramer said.
Persons:
CNBC's Jim Cramer, twain, I've, Cramer, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Meta
Organizations:
Nvidia, Big Tech