A Survey  
1 Introduction  
2 The κ-exponential function and its relativistic origin  
3 Use of the $\kappa$-generalized statistics for modeling income and wealth distributions  
3.1 The $\kappa$-generalized model for income distributions  
3.2 The $\kappa$-generalized mixture model for the size distribution of wealth  
3.3 Four-parameter extensions of the $\kappa$-generalized distribution  
4 Applications of $\kappa$-generalized models to income and wealth data  
5 Deform to go strange: an explanation of why $\kappa$-generalized models are a good fit to income and wealth distributions  
6 Concluding remarks