Cincinnati’s Megabrau: How a Midwestern Beer Fest Became the World’s Cheapest Diplomatic Summit
Zicke-Zacke, Zicke-Zacke—Oy, Oy, Passport Control! Every September, while U.N. delegates in New York polish their talking points about climate debt and grain corridors, another trans-national summit quietly convenes on the banks of the Ohio River. Oktoberfest Zinzinnati—population: half a million mildly sunburned pilgrims, GDP: 87,542 bratwursts consumed per hour—asserts itself as the planet’s largest Teutonic…