This week on Ford, writer for the Atlantic Johns Hopkins

Professor and founder of Persuasion Magazine, author of the

new book, The Great Experiment, why diverse democracies fall

apart and how they can endure.

Yasha Mug joins us on Ford this week.

It is my pleasure to welcome to Ford Johns Hopkins professor

author of The Great Experiment, why diverse democracies fall

apart and how they can endure and founder of Persuasion Magazine.

Yasha Mug, Yasha, welcome.

Thank you so much for having me, Andrew.

Well, I've admired your writing for quite some time.

You write in the Atlantic and some of the themes you hit.

I mean, your themes are relatively diverse, but they do tend

to center around what you'd call classical liberalism, I would

say, is that fair?

I say philosophical liberalism.

Classical liberalism always assumes you want a really small

government and economic affairs where, you know, I'm a little

bit more on the center left.

But yeah, it's the idea that the basis of adjust society is

giving individuals rights and responsibilities.

Most people, when you describe it that way, get on board.

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