You're probably thinking of Warren Farrell. He was writing a piece for the NYT on the wage gap when he thought "If workers can be bought for 75cents to the dol

You're probably thinking of Warren Farrell. He was writing a piece for the NYT on the wage gap when he thought "If workers can be bought for 75cents to the dollar then surely someone in the market would have taken advantage of this." The lack of case studies on any such companies is a telling sign that the "wage-gap" is more nuanced than just discrimination.