Unemployment increased for good reasons By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias Aug 1, 2014, 8:47am EDT Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share All sharing options Share All sharing options for: Unemployment increased for good reasons Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email This is a "good" increase in the unemployment rate. More people working and more people looking for work. — Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) August 1, 2014 In This Stream July Jobs Day Is health care's steady job market climb over? Unemployment increased for good reasons Hospital jobs are declining again View all 9 stories More From Vox The Latest The Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, explained By Natasha Ishak Is the center shrinking in the Democratic primaries? By Christian Paz The problem of global energy inequity, explained by American refrigerators By Siobhan McDonough Title 42, the controversial Trump-era border policy, explained By Nicole Narea The Fortress of Solitude is a fraught and uneasy love letter to a vanished Brooklyn By Constance Grady Oklahoma isn’t waiting for the Supreme Court to ban all abortions By Nicole Narea